Women, Islam and the State

Deniz Kandiyoti was formerly a member of the Social Science Departments of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and Bogazici University in Istanbul, and she served as chairperson of the research committee on women and society of the International Sociology Association from 1982 to 1986. She currently resides in England.

"The most significant theoretical advance in Muslim-world women's studies for years."-Voice Literary Supplement