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Chapters 3, 4, and 5 analyze the impact of women’s activism on civil society development through case studies on three different forms of women’s collaboration found in the UAE. This chapter looks at official UAE women’s societies and clubs, and chapter 4 examines Islamic-oriented women’s organizations and halakas. Chapter 5 studies women’s networks. The major difference between the organizations described in this chapter and those covered in chapters 4 and 5 is their relationship to government. The organizations described in this chapter can be termed GONGOs, while those discussed in chapter 4 are not government-created although some are government-supported; furthermore, they are Islamic-oriented. The “networks” covered in chapter 5 are distinctive in that the women who participate in them interact with one or more persons to achieve specific aims and interests. The specific question asked was whether these organizations and networks served to contribute to civil society development in the UAE.
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Krause, W. (2008). Rentier Governmentality: Activism in UAE Women’s Organizations and Clubs. In: Women in Civil Society. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230615755_3
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