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Troubled Comparative Trajectories and the Statistical Construction of Disempowered Arab and Muslim Women Subjects
International Studies Review ( IF 4.342 ) Pub Date : 2022-09-20 , DOI: 10.1093/isr/viac040
Manal A Jamal 1
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Since 9/11, a number of scholars added gender as a new variable to explain how economic, political, and/or social developments in the Middle East have diverged from developments elsewhere. These studies relied almost exclusively on statistical analysis and frequently discounted much of the extant literature, especially the more feminist and historically sensitive and in-depth qualitative works on the subject matter. Almost uniformly, the point of departure for many of these works was the disempowered socioeconomic and/or political status of Arab/Muslim women. Most of the scholars of these works had no gender expertise and had never written on women previously. Regardless, these works spawned an important discussion in the field of comparative politics and their scholarly impact has been noteworthy. Such scholarship, however, is not benign. Accordingly, this article seeks to answer two critical questions: How does the work of non-gender specialists of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) come to have such a significant impact on the study of women and politics in the field of comparative politics? How can we approach these research inquiries differently so that expertise, lived realities, and history matter? The article argues that feminist international relations could serve as a critical corrective to this current trajectory of comparative politics research. This corrective also requires a commitment to feminist scholarship that begins with women's lives and seeks to eliminate gender inequality, as well as greater understanding of the composition and changing structure of our disciplinary communities.

中文翻译:

陷入困境的比较轨迹和被剥夺权力的阿拉伯和穆斯林女性受试者的统计构建

自 9/11 以来,许多学者将性别作为一个新变量来解释中东的经济、政治和/或社会发展与其他地方的发展有何不同。这些研究几乎完全依赖于统计分析,并且经常忽视许多现存的文献,尤其是关于该主题的更具女权主义和历史敏感性且深入的定性著作。几乎一致的是,许多这些作品的出发点是阿拉伯/穆斯林妇女被剥夺了社会经济和/或政治地位。这些作品的大多数学者都没有性别专业知识,以前也从未写过关于女性的文章。无论如何,这些著作在比较政治领域引发了一场重要的讨论,其学术影响值得关注。然而,这样的学术并不是良性的。因此,本文试图回答两个关键问题:中东和北非(MENA)非性别专家的工作如何对比较政治领域的女性和政治研究产生如此重大的影响?我们如何以不同的方式处理这些研究调查,以使专业知识、生活现实和历史变得重要?这篇文章认为,女权主义国际关系可以作为对当前比较政治研究轨迹的重要纠正。这种纠正还需要致力于女权主义学术,从女性的生活开始,寻求消除性别不平等,以及对我们学科社区的组成和不断变化的结构有更深入的了解。中东和北非(MENA)非性别专家的工作是如何对比较政治领域的女性和政治研究产生如此重大的影响的?我们如何以不同的方式处理这些研究调查,以使专业知识、生活现实和历史变得重要?这篇文章认为,女权主义国际关系可以作为对当前比较政治研究轨迹的重要纠正。这种纠正还需要致力于女权主义学术,从女性的生活开始,寻求消除性别不平等,以及对我们学科社区的组成和不断变化的结构有更深入的了解。中东和北非(MENA)非性别专家的工作是如何对比较政治领域的女性和政治研究产生如此重大的影响的?我们如何以不同的方式处理这些研究调查,以使专业知识、生活现实和历史变得重要?这篇文章认为,女权主义国际关系可以作为对当前比较政治研究轨迹的重要纠正。这种纠正还需要致力于女权主义学术,从女性的生活开始,寻求消除性别不平等,以及对我们学科社区的组成和不断变化的结构有更深入的了解。
更新日期:2022-09-20
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