States and Women's Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco

by Mounira Charrad

Book Overview

At a time when the situation of women in the Islamic world is of global interest, here is a study that unlocks the mystery of why women's fates vary so greatly from one country to another. Mounira M. Charrad analyzes the distinctive nature of Islamic legal codes by placing them in the larger context of state power in various societies. Charrad argues that many analysts miss what is going on in Islamic societies because they fail to recognize the logic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520225767
• ISBN13: 9780520225763
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"