Women's rights in the Muslim world: Reform or reconstruction?
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Two Muslim paradigms paradigms emerged in the second half of the 20th century in response to the gender inequality in the Muslim world, the dynamics of which are profoundly dominant in the writings of Fatima Mernissi. The writings of the Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi are analyzed tracing her evolution from advocating secular reconstruction of Muslim societies to a position that resembles Islamic reformism.
Publication Name: Third World Quarterly
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0143-6597
Year: 2006
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The Heart of Empire? Theorising US Empire in an era of transnational capitalism
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The study rejects the periodisation inherent within the new imperial discourses that link the emergence of American Empire to either the post-cold war or post-9/11 eras and has instead called for an alternative historisation of the role of the US state within a capitalist global political economy. The role of the US state within a global political economy is presented.
Publication Name: Third World Quarterly
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0143-6597
Year: 2005
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