Women in the Middle East and North Africa

Change and Continuity
2010. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-27410-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

This book explores the complexity of women's social status in the Middle East and North African region and fills a gap in the existing literature by providing an up-to-date and comprehensive portrait of women's status from a theoretical and socio-demographic perspective.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haghighat-Sordellini, E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The Path of Social and Economic Change According to the Modernization Theory Patriarchy, Modernization, and the Global Economy PART II: STATUS AND THE COMPONENT VARIABLES THAT INFLUENCE WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT IN THE MENA REGION Women's Status: The Question of Access to Resources and Women's Empowerment Fertility Patterns, Trends, and Women's Status Education and Status of Women Work: Definition& Patterns Labor Migration, Oil Revenue, and their Impact on Women's Employment PART III: CONCLUSION, DISCUSSION, AND CASE STUDIES

Über Autor(innen)

Elhum Haghighat-Sordellini is an associate professor of Sociology and Political Science and chair of the Political Science Department at Lehman College, The City University of New York.