Women and globalization in the Arab Middle East : gender, economy, and society / edited by Eleanor Abdella Doumato, Marsha Pripstein Posusney.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003.Description: ix, 297 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1588261107 (alk. paper)
  • 1588261344 (pb. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.42 21 D747w
LOC classification:
  • HQ 1240.5 .M628 W67 2003
Contents:
Introduction: The mixed blessing of globalization / Marsha Pripstein Posusney and Eleanor Abdella Doumato. -- Pt.1. Women in reforming Middle Eastern economies: employment, production, and reproduction. Arab economies and globalization: an overview / Karen Pfeifer and Marsha Pripstein Posusney ; Women in the MENA labor market: an eclectic survey / Zafiris Tzannatos and Iqbal Kaur ; Reexamining the fertility puzzle in MENA / Jennifer Olmsted. -- Pt.2. Case studies. Egypt: structural adjustment and women's employment / Heba Nassar ; Gender and employment: Egypt in comparative perspective / Ragui Assaad ; Jordan: women and the struggle for political opening / Laurie A. Brand ; Women in Tunisia: between state feminism and economic reform / Emma C. Murphy ; Sudanese women in national service, militias, and the home / Sondra Hale ; Kuwait: sex, violence, and the politics of economic restructuring / Mary Ann Tétreault ; Education in Saudi Arabia: gender, jobs, and the price of religion / Eleanor Abdella Doumato. -- Epilogue / Marsha Pripstein Posusney and Eleanor Abdella Doumato.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-278) and index.

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

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