Gender Politics in Transition: The Development of the Tunisian Field of Gender Politics 2011 -2014

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Eva Schmidt analyses how power relations, ideas, and institutions in Tunisian gender politics changed during the democratisation process 2011–2014. Her analysis of gender politics offers a productive lens to understand the course of the Tunisian transition. As gender policies are integral to Tunisian national identity, they became a major battlefield in the fight for political inclusion and exclusion. In this context, liberal and leftist feminists accessed the decision-making institutions and enhanced the existing women’s rights legislation. Yet the intertwinement of modernist nationalism with women’s rights also limited the scope for feminist demands. This book contributes a unique case study to political transitology and advances an original theoretical approach based on Bourdieu’s theory of the political field. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction (Eva Schmidt)....Pages 1-33 Theoretical Framework (Eva Schmidt)....Pages 35-75 Methods and Methodology (Eva Schmidt)....Pages 77-94 The Historical Formation of the Political Field (Eva Schmidt)....Pages 95-137 The Transitional Process (Eva Schmidt)....Pages 139-266 Conclusion (Eva Schmidt)....Pages 267-296 Back Matter ....Pages 297-327