Muslim Women and Power

Danièle Joly is Professor Emerita at the University of Warwick, UK. She is Research Associate at the Centre d’analyse et d’intervention sociologiques, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and is attached to the Chair in Rethinking Social Justice at the Collège d’Études Mondiales, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris. Khursheed Wadia is Principal Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK. She is an Overseas Research Fellow at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and Research Associate at the Centre Migrations et Citoyenneté, Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Paris.

• Acknowledgements.- Glossary.- Introduction.- Part One: Concepts and contexts.- 1. Muslim women and politics: an analytical framework.- 2. Muslims and women in Britain and France.- 3. Muslim women: migrations, demographics and socio-economic profiles.- Part Two: Muslim women, politics and action.- 4. Politics and activisms.- 5.    Ethnic group and Islam.- 6. Majority society and capacity for action.- 7. Issues: dress codes, the war on terror, the policing of young women.- Conclusion.- References.- Index.