Women's rights in Saudi Arabia and the Question of Democracy
Are gains in women’s political rights in Saudi Arabia a reflection of changing attitudes to democracy and gender equality in the Arab World?While women having recently been given limited political rights in Saudi Arabia, a study published in Democratization, found that although women and men showed similar levels of support for democracy, there was little support for gender equality, with over 30% of those surveyed supporting democracy but opposing gender equality, or vice versa. Veronica Kostenkoa and her colleagues found that although younger Arabs men (25–34 years) are both better