Women in the Gulf Cooperation Council : Negotiating Leadership, Power, and Change

This book examines the role of Gulf (Khaliji) women in the public sphere, bringing an intersectional lens into the way women negotiate opportunities and barriers related to their current roles and their methods of integration into local affairs (political, economic, social, religious), surfacing the nuanced experiences of women in the Arab Gulf States. Bringing together multi-disciplinary researchers from higher education, gender studies, comparative politics, cultural Gulf studies and beyond, it facilitates a conversation across a wide range of paradigms. This is a timely publication given the recent and rapid changes in economic statecraft and the regional challenges that warrant women’s inclusion in national affairs. This book will appeal to academics and researchers interested in women and gender in the Arab and Islamic worlds, and particularly those interested in the status of Khaliji women in politics and policymaking, the economy, science, the arts, and academia.