The relationship between gender equality and democracy: A comparison of Arab versus non-Arab muslim societies

Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1151-1170

  Rizzo, Helen ^a,c   Abdel Latif, Abdel Hamid ^a,c   Meyer, Katherine ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ohio State University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Democratization; Gender equality; Muslim world

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148934074     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038507082320     Document Type: Article

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