Party Religiosity, Political Culture, and the Civil War

Abstract

Little in-depth research on women’s leadership in political parties has been undertaken to date, particularly on interlinkages with party religiosity informing party politics. Basu exclaims that “What becomes striking is the dearth of scholarship on these relations [between women and parties] on the one hand, and their political significance on the other” (2005: 33). Feminists and scholars have studied women, at large, in political parties in the West, South Asia, and MENA countries.¹ Also, Norris (1993) calls for future research to look deeply into the role of party ideology on female representation. In-depth research in Lebanon responds to these calls, aiming to contribute modestly to narrowing this scholarship gap.