Negotiating Development in Muslim Societies

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 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.

Part 1 Part I. Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Researching Translocal Gendered Spaces: Methodological Challenges Part 3 Part II: Women's Organizations and their Agendas Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Women's Organizations Creating Social Space in Senegal Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Women's Organizations and Social Transformation in Malaysia: Between Social Work and Legal Reforms Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Women's Organizations and Their Agendas in Sudan: Interfaces in Different Arenas Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Women's Organizations and the Reshaping of the Public Sphere: A Comparative Analysis Part 8 Part III. Negotiating Development: Networking and Strategies of Women's Organizations Chapter 9 Chapter 6. Negotiating Women's Rights from Multiple Perspectives: The Campaign for the Reform of the Family Law in Senegal Chapter 10 Chapter 7. Negotiating Women's Rights in a Translocal Space: Women's Organizations and Networking in Malaysia Chapter 11 Chapter 8. Negotiating Peace and Rights in Sudan: Networking for the Agenda of "Violence Against Women" Part 12 Part IV. Conclusion Chapter 13 Chapter 9. Diversified Development: Constituting Translocal Spaces through Agency