[Kang] includes an impressive combination of original empirical research and review and analysis of alternative hypotheses to assert the argument that women, and women's movements, matter in the adoption of gender equality policies. -CHOICE An engaging, detailed look at how women activists played a vital role in Niger's adoption of women's rights policies. -Washington Post ... Read more Fills an important research void on determinants of women's rights policy making in Muslim-majority democracies. -International Journal of Feminist Politics Scholars in political science, sociology, women's studies, and public policy will benefit from the theoretical and substantive contributions of Bargaining for Women's Rights. -Mobilization An impressive study of the competition between women activists and religious conservatives in Muslim-majority, francophone Niger. -Canadian Journal of Political Science Alice J. Kang compellingly argues that governments are more likely to adopt women's rights reforms when local activists mobilize for them, that opposing activists must also be considered, and that political context is essential for understanding outcomes around women's rights. -Gretchen Bauer, University of Delaware Bargaining for Women's Rights is a refreshing approach to thinking about women's rights in majority Muslim countries that captures how civil society groups mobilize and how multiple components of 'the state' actually debate women's rights legislation. -Barbara Cooper, Rutgers University Show Less