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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

5. Politics and Activisms

Authors : Danièle Joly, Khursheed Wadia

Published in: Muslim Women and Power

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Abstract

This chapter investigates and explains the political participation and civic engagement of Muslim women in Britain and France. It establishes a typology of participation based on primary research findings and identifies the structures and processes through which Muslim women’s action and activism takes place; for example, formal and conventional processes typified by elections and voting and institutional structures such as political parties, elected assemblies and state executives as well as various unconventional forms epitomised in street protest, political consumerism, public service and community politics and digital activism. The above categories of activity constitute the landscape of political participation and civic engagement in which two types are highlighted: voting in elections and activism through organisations, groups and campaigns in the third sector. As revealed by our research, these are among the most common types of participation among women from Muslim communities in Britain and France.

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Metadata
Title
Politics and Activisms
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_5