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  4. Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry Project

Research project

Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry Project

  • Start date: 1 January 2011
  • End date: 31 December 2014
  • Funder: British Academy / Leverhulme Trust
  • Primary investigator: Dr Hendrik Jan Kraetzschmar

Value

£1,086.00

Description

Funded by the British Academy / Leverhulme Small Research Grant

This externally funded project investigated the enfranchisement of businesswomen in Chamber of Commerce and Industry elections in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Publications and outputs

Kraetzschmar, H. 2013. 'Empowerment through the Ballot Box? Women's Suffrage and Electoral Participation in the Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry', Journal of Arabian Studies 3/1, pp. 102-119.                                    

Kraetzschmar, H. 2015. 'Associational Life under Authoritarianism: The Saudi Chamber of Commerce and Industry Elections' Journal of Arabian Studies 5/2, pp. 184-2015.