Arab society : class, gender, power, and development / edited by Nicholas S. Hopkins, Saad Eddin Ibrahim.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cairo, Egypt : American University in Cairo Press, c1997.Edition: 3rd ed. 3rd printing 2001Description: xviii, 583 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9774244044 (pbk.)
  • 9789774244049 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Arab society in transition [1st ed.]
  • Arab society: social science perspectives [2nd ed.]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.04927 H776ar
LOC classification:
  • HN 766 .A8 A7 1997
Other classification:
  • 74.21
  • 73.06
Contents:
Class structure and social change in the Arab world / Samih K. Farsoun -- Change in Saudi Arabia : a view from "Paris of Nejd" / Soraya Altorki and Donald P. Cole -- State, legitimacy and democratization in the Maghreb / Abdelbaki Hermassi -- From demographic explosion to social rupture / Philippe Fargues -- State, women and civil society : an evaluation of Egypt's population policy / Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- Fertility and social change in Oman : women's perspectives / Christine Eickelman -- Women's autonomy and the limits of population policy in Egypt / Barbara Ibrahim, Laila Nawar, and Cynthia B. Lloyd -- Manshiet Nasser : a Cairo neighborhood / Belgin Tekçe, Linda Oldham, and Frederic C. Shorter -- Childhood and childcare in squatter areas of Amman, Jordan / Seteny Shami and Lucine Taminian -- Haddou : a Moroccan migrant worker / David McMurray -- Changing gender relations in a Moroccan town / Susan Schaefer Davis -- Brother-sister relationships : connectivity, love, and power in the reproduction of patriarchy in Lebanon / Suad Joseph -- We'll talk later / Rhoda Kanaaneh -- Economic aspects of the qat industry in north-west Yemen / Shelagh Weir -- Small farmer households and agricultural sustainability in Egypt / Nicholas S. Hopkins -- Shayks, peasants, and party comrades : political changes in northern Syria / Sulayman N. Khalf -- The 'Bread Revolt' in rural Tunisia : notables, workers, peasants / Mouldi Lahmar -- Pluralism in the Arab World / Iliya Harik -- Economic liberalization and the lineages of the rentier state : Iraq and Saudi Arabia compared / Kiren Aziz Chaudhry -- The peace process, national reconstruction, and the transition to democracy in Palestine / Khalil Shikaki -- Kuwaiti women at a crossroads : privileged development and the constraints of ethnic stratification / Anh Nga Longva -- A tale of two factories / Khaled Kamel -- Environmental threats in Jordan and Syria / Marc Lavegne -- The human and ecological impact of the civil war in the Sudan / Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed -- Human rights and cultural specificity : some reflections / Rashad Antonius -- Organizing for the rights of women : Tunisian voices / Kevin Dwyer -- Zar as modernization in contemporary Sudan / Susan M. Kenyon -- Islam and the gendered discourses of death / Lila Abu-Lughod -- Authority and the mosque in upper Egypt : the Islamic preacher as image and actor / Patrick D. Gaffney -- Economic change, social structure and religious fanaticism / Galal Amin.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Class structure and social change in the Arab world / Samih K. Farsoun -- Change in Saudi Arabia : a view from "Paris of Nejd" / Soraya Altorki and Donald P. Cole -- State, legitimacy and democratization in the Maghreb / Abdelbaki Hermassi -- From demographic explosion to social rupture / Philippe Fargues -- State, women and civil society : an evaluation of Egypt's population policy / Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- Fertility and social change in Oman : women's perspectives / Christine Eickelman -- Women's autonomy and the limits of population policy in Egypt / Barbara Ibrahim, Laila Nawar, and Cynthia B. Lloyd -- Manshiet Nasser : a Cairo neighborhood / Belgin Tekçe, Linda Oldham, and Frederic C. Shorter -- Childhood and childcare in squatter areas of Amman, Jordan / Seteny Shami and Lucine Taminian -- Haddou : a Moroccan migrant worker / David McMurray -- Changing gender relations in a Moroccan town / Susan Schaefer Davis -- Brother-sister relationships : connectivity, love, and power in the reproduction of patriarchy in Lebanon / Suad Joseph -- We'll talk later / Rhoda Kanaaneh -- Economic aspects of the qat industry in north-west Yemen / Shelagh Weir -- Small farmer households and agricultural sustainability in Egypt / Nicholas S. Hopkins -- Shayks, peasants, and party comrades : political changes in northern Syria / Sulayman N. Khalf -- The 'Bread Revolt' in rural Tunisia : notables, workers, peasants / Mouldi Lahmar -- Pluralism in the Arab World / Iliya Harik -- Economic liberalization and the lineages of the rentier state : Iraq and Saudi Arabia compared / Kiren Aziz Chaudhry -- The peace process, national reconstruction, and the transition to democracy in Palestine / Khalil Shikaki -- Kuwaiti women at a crossroads : privileged development and the constraints of ethnic stratification / Anh Nga Longva -- A tale of two factories / Khaled Kamel -- Environmental threats in Jordan and Syria / Marc Lavegne -- The human and ecological impact of the civil war in the Sudan / Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed -- Human rights and cultural specificity : some reflections / Rashad Antonius -- Organizing for the rights of women : Tunisian voices / Kevin Dwyer -- Zar as modernization in contemporary Sudan / Susan M. Kenyon -- Islam and the gendered discourses of death / Lila Abu-Lughod -- Authority and the mosque in upper Egypt : the Islamic preacher as image and actor / Patrick D. Gaffney -- Economic change, social structure and religious fanaticism / Galal Amin.

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