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Intro; Acknowledgments; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Where Were the Civil Society Actors During the Uprisings?; How Arab Civil Society Actors Manauvered During Times of Transition and Uncertainty?; Why Arab Civil Society Actors Were Short of Enacting Significant Change in Post Uprisings Era?; The Book: Focusing on Arab Women Civil Society and a Thought Experiment; Plan of the Book; References
Chapter 2: 'Civil Societies' and the Arab Uprisings-Prospects for Socio-political Change: A Comparative Analysis of the On-going Tunisian and Egyptian PlightIntroduction; Social Movements, Change and Continuity; 'Civil Societies' as Agents of Change; Arab 'Civil Societies' in the Lead Up to the Arab Uprisings; The Opening and Shrinkage of Space for 'Civil Societies' to Influence Change; Women Activism in the Uprisings: Central Participation During and Marginalization After; Conclusion: Prospects for Socio-political Change; References
Chapter 3: The Political Participation of Women in the Arab World: Mapping the Movement, Experiences and Challenges Facing Arab Women from the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Until the Post-Arab Uprisings Era: Expectations, Paths and OutcomesArab Women, Islam and Feminism; Women's Political Rights Between Sharia' and Practice, Social Patriarchy and Culture; The Patriarchal System in the Arab Countries; Islamic Shari'a and the Different Shades of 'Islamic' Arab Constitutions; Islam and Women's Political Participation; Islamic Feminism
The Recent History of Feminist Movements in the Arab WorldThe Arab Uprisings: Re-measuring the Rights and Roles of Women in Arab Societies; Feminism and Women's Political Participation in Egypt: A Journey of Ups and Downs; Post-uprising Egypt: Revolution, Muslim Brothers and the Reign of the Army; Tunisian Women Between State Feminism and the Reformist Features; Post-uprising Tunisia: An Islamist Test and the Return to the Reformist Process; Lebanese Women Between the Consociation of Religious Sects and Political Inheritance; Yemeni Women and Political Participation Throughout Recent History
Moroccan Women's Rights: A Recent History of Reforms and Preventive ChangesArab Women's Political and Social Activism Between the Past and the Future; References; Chapter 4: Civil Society Advocacy and Policy Entrepreneurship: Examining the Making of the Law 293 to Criminalize Domestic Violence in Lebanon; Introduction; Lebanese Women and Gender Equality; The Problematique of This Chapter; Methodology; Kingdon's Multiple Streams Theory; Intersection of Three Streams: The Adoption of the Domestic Violence Policy "293"; The Problem Stream; Indicators; Feedback; Focusing Events; Load
Chapter 2: 'Civil Societies' and the Arab Uprisings-Prospects for Socio-political Change: A Comparative Analysis of the On-going Tunisian and Egyptian PlightIntroduction; Social Movements, Change and Continuity; 'Civil Societies' as Agents of Change; Arab 'Civil Societies' in the Lead Up to the Arab Uprisings; The Opening and Shrinkage of Space for 'Civil Societies' to Influence Change; Women Activism in the Uprisings: Central Participation During and Marginalization After; Conclusion: Prospects for Socio-political Change; References
Chapter 3: The Political Participation of Women in the Arab World: Mapping the Movement, Experiences and Challenges Facing Arab Women from the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Until the Post-Arab Uprisings Era: Expectations, Paths and OutcomesArab Women, Islam and Feminism; Women's Political Rights Between Sharia' and Practice, Social Patriarchy and Culture; The Patriarchal System in the Arab Countries; Islamic Shari'a and the Different Shades of 'Islamic' Arab Constitutions; Islam and Women's Political Participation; Islamic Feminism
The Recent History of Feminist Movements in the Arab WorldThe Arab Uprisings: Re-measuring the Rights and Roles of Women in Arab Societies; Feminism and Women's Political Participation in Egypt: A Journey of Ups and Downs; Post-uprising Egypt: Revolution, Muslim Brothers and the Reign of the Army; Tunisian Women Between State Feminism and the Reformist Features; Post-uprising Tunisia: An Islamist Test and the Return to the Reformist Process; Lebanese Women Between the Consociation of Religious Sects and Political Inheritance; Yemeni Women and Political Participation Throughout Recent History
Moroccan Women's Rights: A Recent History of Reforms and Preventive ChangesArab Women's Political and Social Activism Between the Past and the Future; References; Chapter 4: Civil Society Advocacy and Policy Entrepreneurship: Examining the Making of the Law 293 to Criminalize Domestic Violence in Lebanon; Introduction; Lebanese Women and Gender Equality; The Problematique of This Chapter; Methodology; Kingdon's Multiple Streams Theory; Intersection of Three Streams: The Adoption of the Domestic Violence Policy "293"; The Problem Stream; Indicators; Feedback; Focusing Events; Load