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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Introduction

Authors : Danièle Joly, Khursheed Wadia

Published in: Muslim Women and Power

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Abstract

The introduction sets the context of this study on Muslim women through a presentation of the aims and scope of the research carried out and reference to literatures on the political participation of women, ethnic minority Muslims and Muslim women in Britain and France. It also introduces the methodology and the main themes of the proposed book through a summary of the chapters which follow.

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Metadata
Title
Introduction
Authors
Danièle Joly
Khursheed Wadia
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Muslim Women and Power

Print ISBN: 978-1-137-48061-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-48062-0

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48062-0_1