Religion, society and gendered-politics in central Asia: a comparative analysis

Women political participation is understood to be a part of civic rights but their participation is hindered by various factors. Numerous researchers have claimed that Islam as a religion, Muslim social culture and tradition inhibit women from political participation in Muslim societies. However, t...

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Main Authors:	Moniruzzaman, Md., Kazi, Fahmida Farzana
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Internaitonal Islamic University Malaysia 2019
Subjects:	JA Political science (General) JQ Political institutions Asia
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spelling	iium-775602020-01-09T05:08:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77560/ Religion, society and gendered-politics in central Asia: a comparative analysis Moniruzzaman, Md. Kazi, Fahmida Farzana JA Political science (General) JQ Political institutions Asia Women political participation is understood to be a part of civic rights but their participation is hindered by various factors. Numerous researchers have claimed that Islam as a religion, Muslim social culture and tradition inhibit women from political participation in Muslim societies. However, there are a number of Muslim majority countries where women occupy the highest public offices and head ministries. How can this contradiction be explained. This article examines women political participation in Central Asian Muslim republics by looking at socioeconomic, parliamentary representation and informal participation factors. The study argues that socioeconomic factors in the republics still do not allow much liberal public space for women to take part in politics; however, in terms of parliamentary representation the republics maintains a record that sometimes are better off than many mature democracies. In terms of informal participation the region records better visibility of women in politics. Internaitonal Islamic University Malaysia 2019-12-26 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77560/1/Religion%20Society%20and%20Gendered%20Politics%20ID%20Special%20Issue%20Vol%2027.pdf Moniruzzaman, Md. and Kazi, Fahmida Farzana (2019) Religion, society and gendered-politics in central Asia: a comparative analysis. Intellectual Discourse, 27 (Special Issue). pp. 745-766. E-ISSN 2289-5639 https://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam
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description	Women political participation is understood to be a part of civic rights but their participation is hindered by various factors. Numerous researchers have claimed that Islam as a religion, Muslim social culture and tradition inhibit women from political participation in Muslim societies. However, there are a number of Muslim majority countries where women occupy the highest public offices and head ministries. How can this contradiction be explained. This article examines women political participation in Central Asian Muslim republics by looking at socioeconomic, parliamentary representation and informal participation factors. The study argues that socioeconomic factors in the republics still do not allow much liberal public space for women to take part in politics; however, in terms of parliamentary representation the republics maintains a record that sometimes are better off than many mature democracies. In terms of informal participation the region records better visibility of women in politics.
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author	Moniruzzaman, Md. Kazi, Fahmida Farzana
author_facet	Moniruzzaman, Md. Kazi, Fahmida Farzana
author_sort	Moniruzzaman, Md.
title	Religion, society and gendered-politics in central Asia: a comparative analysis
title_short	Religion, society and gendered-politics in central Asia: a comparative analysis
title_full	Religion, society and gendered-politics in central Asia: a comparative analysis
title_fullStr	Religion, society and gendered-politics in central Asia: a comparative analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Religion, society and gendered-politics in central Asia: a comparative analysis
title_sort	religion, society and gendered-politics in central asia: a comparative analysis
publisher	Internaitonal Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2019
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Religion, society and gendered-politics in central Asia: a comparative analysis

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