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dc.contributor.authorMuriaas, Ragnhild L.
dc.contributor.authorTønnessen, Liv
dc.contributor.authorWang, Vibeke
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-15T15:01:02Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-01
dc.identifieroai:www.cmi.no:6374
dc.identifier.citationin Political Studies, first published online: December 1, 2017 vol. 66 no. 4 pp. 851-868
dc.identifier.issn0032-3217
dc.identifier.issn0032-3217
dc.identifier.issn0032-3217
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2484811
dc.description.abstractLegislating a minimum age of marriage at 18 has stirred counter-mobilization in some, but not all, countries where religious or traditional institutions enjoy constitutional authority. To explore differences between states regarding likelihood of counter-mobilization, we investigate two cases in Africa. In Sudan, a government-led child marriage reform initiative has sparked counter-mobilization by conservative religious actors, while a similar initiative in Zambia has not caused visible counter-mobilization among traditional groups and has gained the support of many chiefs. With the literature on doctrinal gender status issues as theoretical background, we argue that the nature of law-codified versus living-is a factor in these distinct trajectories. We further identify variations in two mechanisms, legal power structure (centralized vs decentralized) and type of political battle (interpretation vs administration), that link nature of law to variation in the likelihood of counter-mobilization. A preprint of the article can be downloaded as a PDF file above
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relationPolitical Studies
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dc.relation.ispartofPolitical Studies
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolitical Studies
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolitical Studies, first published online: December 1, 2017 vol. 66 no. 4
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolitical Studies, first published online: December 1, 2017 vol. 66 no. 4
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolitical Studies vol. 66 no. 4
dc.relation.urihttps://www.cmi.no/publications/6374-counter-mobilization-against-child-marriage-reform
dc.subjectChild Marriage
dc.subjectFamily Law
dc.subjectGender Reform
dc.subjectCounter-Mobilization
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectTradition
dc.subjectSudan
dc.subjectZambia
dc.titleCounter-mobilization against child marriage reform in Africa
dc.typeJournal article
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0032321717742859
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0032321717742859
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0032321717742859
dc.identifier.cristin1522402
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