EAN: 9783030020880

WOMEN CIVIL SOCIETY AND POLICY CHANGE IN THE AR...

This book examines the ways in which Arab civil society actors have attempted to influence
public policies. In particular  the book studies the drive towards a change of policies that
affect women and their well-being. It does so through the lens of women civil society activism
and through analysis of cases of policy reform in three Arab countries namely: Lebanon  Morocco
and Yemen. The book addresses the tension between policy change and state repression  between
Islamic traditional religious values and civil secular ones  between the formal and the
informal channels for policy-making. One of the first books to reflect on the capability of
Arab civil society actors to influence change  it traces recent policy evolution from before
the Arab Uprisings in 2011 until the present day  and describes the limited ability of civil
society actors to induce change and substantiate it over recent decades. The book explores the
use of policy theories in the analysis of cases  and reflects onthe possibility of applying and
adapting those concepts  largely applied in the Western world  to encompass policymaking in the
Arab world without conceptual 'overstretch'.

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