Cowper-Coles, Minna

Gender and political support: women and Hamas in the occupied Palestinian terri…

by Cowper-Coles, Minna

fromGender in a global/local world

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"This book explores the gender gap in political support in the Occupied Palestinian Territories whereby more women than men support Hamas (a party portrayed by the Western media as repressive of women's rights), and more men than women support Fatah. The author shows how economi…

Gender and political support: women and Hamas in the occupied Palestinian terri…

by Cowper-Coles, Minna

fromGender in a global/local world

0 Type: Book

"This book explores the gender gap in political support in the Occupied Palestinian Territories whereby more women than men support Hamas (a party portrayed by the Western media as repressive of women's rights), and more men than women support Fatah. The author shows how economi…

Gender and political support: women and Hamas in the occupied Palestinian terri…

by Cowper-Coles, Minna

fromGender in a global/local world

0 Type: Book

"This book explores the gender gap in political support in the Occupied Palestinian Territories whereby more women than men support Hamas (a party portrayed by the Western media as repressive of women's rights), and more men than women support Fatah. The author shows how economi…

This thesis finds that women and men in the Occupied Palestinian Territories differ in their political support with women being more likely than men to support Hamas and men being more likely than women to support Fatah. Using interviews and polling data this thesis explains why…