Secularism, women & the state
Subtitle: the Mediterranean world in the 21st century
By: edited by Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keysar
Contributors: Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.). Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hartford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780692003282
Subjects: Religion and state; Social aspects; Women and religion; Secularism; Religion and politics; Civilization; Political aspects; Women
Other titles: Secularism, women and the state
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Available also in online version from the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Secularism, women & the state: the Mediterranean world in the 21st century / -- Barry A. Kosmin & Ariela Keysar; title: Italy: the contemporary condition of Italian laicita  -- Giulio Ercolessi; title: France, Italy and Spain: political secularism and public opinion  -- Barry A. Kosmin; title: Greece: selective secularization and the deprivatization of religion?  -- Lina Molokotos-Liederman; title: Turkey: the Islamist-secularist divide  -- Binnaz Toprak; title: Lebanon: confessionalism and the crisis of democracy  -- Hassan Krayem; title: Israel: the challenge of a democratic and Jewish state  -- Asher Arian; title: Egypt: secularism, sharia, and the prospects for an inclusive democracy  -- Manar Shorbagy; title: Algeria: prospects for an Islamic or a secular state  -- Kada Akacem; title: Women and demography in the Mediterranean states  -- Ariela Keysar; title: Social indicators of secularization in Italy  -- Silvia Sansonetti; title: Ambiguous state: gender and citizenship in Algeria  -- Boutheina Cheriet; title: Ambiguous position of French Muslim women: between republican integration and religious claims  -- Camille Froidevaux-Metterie; title: Secularization versus the weight of Catholic tradition among Spanish women  -- Sofia Rodriguez Lopez; title: Secularization and its discontents: courts and abortion policy in the United States and Spain  -- Adrienne Fulco; title: Human rights and the confrontation between religious and constitutional authority: a case study of Israel's Supreme Court  -- Frances Raday; title: Cynical look at "The secularism debate" in Turkey -- Mine Eder.