...-national differences in gender inequality reflect cross-national differences in patriarchy, in particular differences in how men use their power over women to limit their agency or ability to make decisions for themselves. We set out a causal model to account for cross-national variations in gender...

... it contributed to new discursive and political divisions among middle-class women whose activism was historically identified with the development of Arab feminism. * Email: [email protected] © 2013 The Centre for Arab Unity Studies 2013 patriarchy modernization nationalism state feminism...