Women as constitution-makers : case studies from the new democratic era [electronic resource]
Women as constitution-makers : case studies from the new democratic era [electronic resource]
edited by Ruth Rubio-Marín and Helen Irving.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- 1 online resource (383 p.)
Table of contents:
Chapter 1. Women as constitution-makers: the promises and the challenges of participation
Chapter 2. Women's movements and the recognition of gender equality in the constitution-making process in Morocco and Tunisia (2011-2014)
Chapter 3. Women and constitution-making in post-communist Romania
Chapter 4. Re-living yesterday's battles: women and constitution-making in post-Saddam Iraq
Chapter 5. Women's participation in peace-building and consitution-making in Somalia
Chapter 6. Feminist legalism: Colombian constitution-making in the 1990s
Chapter 7. Women and constitution-making in Turkey: from Ottoman modernism to a constitutionalism of women's platform
Chapter 8. Egypt's tale of two constitutions: diverging gendered processes and outcomes
Chapter 9. Dialogic democracy, feminist theory and women's participation in constitution-making
Includes index.
"That a constitution should express the will of 'the people' is a long-standing principle, but the identity of 'the people' has historically been narrow. Women, in particular, were not included. A shift, however, has recently occurred. Women's participation in constitution-making is now recognised as a democratic right. Women's demands to have their voices heard in both the processes of constitution-making and the text of their country's constitution, are gaining recognition. Campaigning for inclusion in their country's constitution-making, women have adopted innovative strategies to express their constitutional aspirations. This collection offers, for the first time, comprehensive case-studies of women's campaigns for constitutional equality in nine different countries that have undergone constitutional transformations in the 'participatory era.' Against a richly-contextualised historical and political background, each charts the actions and strategies of women participants, both formal and informal, and records their successes, failures and continuing hopes for constitutional equality"
9781108686358 (ebook) :
Law.
Constitutional Law.
342.0082
Table of contents:
Chapter 1. Women as constitution-makers: the promises and the challenges of participation
Chapter 2. Women's movements and the recognition of gender equality in the constitution-making process in Morocco and Tunisia (2011-2014)
Chapter 3. Women and constitution-making in post-communist Romania
Chapter 4. Re-living yesterday's battles: women and constitution-making in post-Saddam Iraq
Chapter 5. Women's participation in peace-building and consitution-making in Somalia
Chapter 6. Feminist legalism: Colombian constitution-making in the 1990s
Chapter 7. Women and constitution-making in Turkey: from Ottoman modernism to a constitutionalism of women's platform
Chapter 8. Egypt's tale of two constitutions: diverging gendered processes and outcomes
Chapter 9. Dialogic democracy, feminist theory and women's participation in constitution-making
Includes index.
"That a constitution should express the will of 'the people' is a long-standing principle, but the identity of 'the people' has historically been narrow. Women, in particular, were not included. A shift, however, has recently occurred. Women's participation in constitution-making is now recognised as a democratic right. Women's demands to have their voices heard in both the processes of constitution-making and the text of their country's constitution, are gaining recognition. Campaigning for inclusion in their country's constitution-making, women have adopted innovative strategies to express their constitutional aspirations. This collection offers, for the first time, comprehensive case-studies of women's campaigns for constitutional equality in nine different countries that have undergone constitutional transformations in the 'participatory era.' Against a richly-contextualised historical and political background, each charts the actions and strategies of women participants, both formal and informal, and records their successes, failures and continuing hopes for constitutional equality"
9781108686358 (ebook) :
Law.
Constitutional Law.
342.0082