Party Politics, Religion, and Women’s Leadership [electronic resource] : Lebanon in Comparative Perspective /
Kassem, Fatima Sbaity.author.
Exploring the interlinkages of political parties, religiosity, and women's leadership and nominations to public office, this book argues that as party religiosity increases, women's chances of assuming leadership positions fall. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods, it advances a new theory of party variation in religiosity.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-274) and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. Toward a Theory of Party Religiosity and Women's Leadership -- 2. A Traveling Theory of Party Religiosity and Women's Leadership -- 3. Why Lebanon? The Puzzle and Pool of Women in Party Politics -- 4. Party Religiosity, Political Culture, and the Civil War -- 5. Unpacking Party Institutionalization -- 6. Finding that Special Niche: Women for Parties -- 7. Party Politics Explaining Women's Leadership -- 8. Can Women Break Through the Political Glass Ceiling? -- Concluding Remarks -- Epilogue.
Exploring the interlinkages of political parties, religiosity, and women's leadership and nominations to public office, this book argues that as party religiosity increases, women's chances of assuming leadership positions fall. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods, it advances a new theory of party variation in religiosity.
Middle East-Politics and governm.
Political science.
Sociology.
Religion and sociology.
Comparative politics.
Gender identity-Religious aspect.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Political Science.
Gender Studies.
Social Aspects of Religion.
Comparative Politics.
Religion and Gender.