Changing sources of support for women's political rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4388331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine Meyer (0000-0001-6405-1841, The Ohio State University), Helen Rizzo (0000-0003-1559-6962, American University in Cairo), Yousef Ali (Kuwait University) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 184 |
| Pages | 207-218 |
| Publication date | 2005-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8701 • E-ISSN: 1468-2451 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2451.2005.00545.x |
| OpenAlex | W2055588258 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 15 |
Much research investigating changes in women's political rights focuses on the presence or absence of improvement that is evident in national and international policies or on gender proportionality in representative institutions at international, national, and local levels. Public opinion about women's rights is an important corollary to this research because it underpins the legitimacy of policies and representative bodies. However, if examined alone, changes in public opinion over time yield an incomplete picture of women's situation, just as changes in policies and representation do. Factors that lie behind statistics about trends in women's rights matter, and it is essential to figure out if the sources of support for women's political rights shift over time. We employed data from Kuwait in the years surrounding the Beijing +5 conference to illustrate how the absence of change in public opinion about women's rights can hide important social dynamics that figure into the development of policies and practices affecting women. Whereas support for women's rights was evident among the most numerous and advantaged Kuwaiti citizens in 1994, it rested less with the general public and more with citizens involved in social networks and those who had particular political and cultural agendas by 1998
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2015 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |