Negotiating Development In Muslim Societies

Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. Researching Translocal Gendered Spaces: Methodological Challenges
Gudrun Lachenmann

Part II: Women’s Organizations And Their Agendas
Chapter 2. Women’s Organizations Creating Social Space In Senegal
Nadine Sieveking
Chapter 3. Women’s Organizations And Social Transformation In Malaysia: Between Social Work And Legal Reforms
Anna Spiegel
Chapter 4: Women’s Organizations And Their Agendas In Sudan: Interfaces In Different Arenas
Salma A. Nageeb
Chapter 5: Women’s Organizations And The Reshaping Of The Public Sphere: A Comparative Analysis
Petra Dannecker And Anna Spiegel

Part III. Negotiating Development: Networking And Strategies Of Women’s Organizations
Chapter 6. Negotiating Women’s Rights From Multiple Perspectives: The Campaign For The Reform Of The Family Law In Senegal
Nadine Sieveking
Chapter 7. Negotiating Women’s Rights In A Translocal Space: Women’s Organizations And Networking In Malaysia
Anna Spiegel
Chapter 8. Negotiating Peace And Rights In Sudan: Networking For The Agenda Of “Violence Against Women”
Salma A. Nageeb

Part IV. Conclusion
Chapter 9. Diversified Development: Constituting Translocal Spaces Through Agency
Salma A. Nageeb

Additional Info
Negotiating Development in Muslim Societies explores the negotiation processes of global development concepts such as poverty alleviation, human rights, and gender equality. It focuses on three countries which that are undergoing different Islamisation processes: Senegal, Sudan, and Malaysia. While much has been written about the hegemonic production and discursive struggle of development concepts globally, this book analyzes the negotiation of these development concepts locally and translocally. Lachenmann and Dannecker present empirically grounded research to show that, although women are instrumentalized in different ways for the formation of an Islamic identity of a nation or group, they are at the same time important actors and agents in the processes of negotiating the meaning of development, restructuring of the public sphere, and transforming the societal gender order.

List of Contributors
Petra Dannecker, Gudrun Lachenmann, Salma A. Nageeb, Nadine Sieveking, Anna Spiegel