Engendering democracy and Islam in the Arab world
Engendering democracy and Islam in the Arab world
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在阿拉伯世界建立民主和伊斯兰教
DOI：
10.1080/01436599715118
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发表时间：
1997
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
Fadia Faqir
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作者：
Fadia Faqir
新世界秩序和和平进程暴露出许多阿拉伯国家缺乏民主，以及迫切需要使其社会现代化。要进行社会变革，使阿拉伯世界的大部分地区能够应对现代世界，并建立代议制民主，就必须解决两个核心问题：妇女的地位和伊斯兰复兴主义。这两个关键问题是相互关联的，任何改革都需要将妇女问题政治化，将其置于斗争的中心，并应对伊斯兰复兴主义。改变妇女在社会中的地位和解决助长极端主义蔓延的不满是建立一个尊重人权、基本自由和民主的社会的先决条件。妇女解放、平等和民主是紧密相连的。“两者都关注解放、自由（个人和公民）、人权、正直、尊严、平等、自治、权力分享、解放和多元化。对女性主义历史写作的呼吁，将无权者的权利恢复到他们自己的历史版本中。妇女的解放带来了少数群体和其他代表性较低的政党的解放。大多数阿拉伯国家缺乏参与式民主，这可能在一定程度上解释了妇女在政治中的代表性不足。女性在政治中相对不受关注是有多重原因的。在保守、部落和父权社会中，妇女试图参与政治时面临许多障碍。妇女没有形成一个独特的社会、宗教或种族群体。他们不集中在一个地理区域，允许他们形成一个选区。世界各地的妇女按种族、宗教和社会划分；因此，他们通常倾向于家庭联盟。
The New World Order and the peace process have exposed the lack of democracy in many Arab countries, and the urgent need to modemise their societies. To carry out social change that would enable much of the Arab world to deal with the modem world, and to establish representative democracies, two central issues should be addressed: the position of women and Islamic revivalism.' These two key issues are interconnected and any reform will require politicising the women's issue, putting it at the centre of struggle, and tackling Islamic revivalism. Changing the position of women in society and addressing the grievances which contribute to the spread of extremism are prerequisites for building a society which respects human rights, basic freedom and democracy. Women's liberation, equality and democracy are intimately connected. 'Both have in common a concern with emancipation, freedom (personal and civic), human rights, integrity, dignity, equality, autonomy, power-sharing, liberation [and] pluralism.'2 The call for a feminist writing of history restores the rights of the powerless to their own versions of history. Emancipation for women brings with it emancipation for minority groups and other less represented political parties. The absence of participatory democracy in most Arab countries might partly explain the under-representation of women in politics. Women's relative invisibility in politics is multi-causal. There are many obstacles that women face when they try to participate in politics in conservative, tribal and patriarchal societies. Women do not form a distinct social, religious or ethnic group. They are not concentrated in one geographical area, allowing them to form a constituency. Women worldwide are divided along ethnic, religious, and social lines; therefore, they generally gravitate towards familial alliances.