Improving Educational Gender Equality in Religious Societies: Human Rights and Modernization Pre-Arab Spring

In this book, Al-Kohlani examines fifty-five Muslim and non-Muslim countries from 1960 to 2010 in response to “religious theory” that associates certain religions with gender inequality and “modernization theory” which downplays the role of religion on gender inequity and associates gender inequalit...

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Main Author: Al-Kohlani, Sumaia A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2018
In:Year: 2018
Series/Journal:SpringerLink Bücher
Springer eBook Collection Education
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
Further subjects:B Education and state
B International education
B Education
B Church and education
B Comparative education
B Educational Policy
B ducation and state
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 978-3-319-70535-4
Printed edition: 9783319705354
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Summary:In this book, Al-Kohlani examines fifty-five Muslim and non-Muslim countries from 1960 to 2010 in response to “religious theory” that associates certain religions with gender inequality and “modernization theory” which downplays the role of religion on gender inequity and associates gender inequality with socioeconomic factors. The author explores both schools of thought and posits that, on average, Muslim countries have lower educational equality in comparison to non-Muslim countries with less religious constitution. An interdisciplinary study drawn from the fields of world politics, public policy in education, and political religion, this book responds not only to debates within academia, but also to larger debates in society about the role of religion in the state, the specific challenges of the relationship of Islam and the public policies, and the relationship between constitution and gender equality
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Religious Theory vs. Modernization Theory -- Chapter 3. Research Design and Methodology -- Chapter 4. Empirical Testing and Analysis of Data -- Chapter 5. Case Study -- Chapter 6. Conclusion and Policy Implications
ISBN:3319705369
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70536-1