Seeking legitimacy : why Arab autocracies adopt women's rights /

Aili Mari Tripp explains why autocratic leaders in the Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria embraced more extensive legal reforms of women's rights than their Middle Eastern counterparts. The study challenges existing accounts that rely primarily on religiosity to explain the adoption of women's r...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Tripp, Aili Mari (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Subjects:	Women's rights > Africa, North. Women's rights > Middle East.