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Women and globalization in the Arab Middle East : gender, economy, and society / edited by Eleanor Abdella Doumato, Marsha Pripstein Posusney. - Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003. - ix, 297 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-278) and index.

mixed blessing of globalization / Arab economies and globalization: an overview / Women in the MENA labor market: an eclectic survey / Reexamining the fertility puzzle in MENA / Egypt: structural adjustment and women's employment / Gender and employment: Egypt in comparative perspective / Jordan: women and the struggle for political opening / Women in Tunisia: between state feminism and economic reform / Sudanese women in national service, militias, and the home / Kuwait: sex, violence, and the politics of economic restructuring / Education in Saudi Arabia: gender, jobs, and the price of religion / Marsha Pripstein Posusney and Eleanor Abdella Doumato. -- Karen Pfeifer and Marsha Pripstein Posusney ; Zafiris Tzannatos and Iqbal Kaur ; Jennifer Olmsted. -- Heba Nassar ; Ragui Assaad ; Laurie A. Brand ; Emma C. Murphy ; Sondra Hale ; Mary Ann Tétreault ; Eleanor Abdella Doumato. -- Introduction: The Pt.1. Women in reforming Middle Eastern economies: employment, production, and reproduction. Pt.2. Case studies. Epilogue / Marsha Pripstein Posusney and Eleanor Abdella Doumato.

ISBN: 1588261107 (alk. paper) 1588261344 (pb. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2002073941

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Globalization--Social aspects.
Women in development--Arab countries.
Women in development--Middle East.
Women--Economic conditions.--Arab countries
Women--Social conditions.--Arab countries
Women--Economic conditions.--Middle East
Women--Social conditions.--Middle East

LC Class. No.: HQ 1240.5 .M628 / W67 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 305.42 / D747w