Norms and Gender Discrimination in the Arab World [electronic resource] /
Abadeer, Adel SZ.author.
Abadeer incorporates informal norms such as religion, mores, myths, taboos, codes-of-conduct, customary laws, and traditions, into the structure of formal rules (e.g., polity, judiciary, laws, and the enforcement of law), which in turn influence the governance of the transactions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Introduction -- Analysis of norms and gender discrimination -- Institutions and gender discrimination -- Cultural relativism and gender-discriminating norms -- The capability approach and gender discrimination -- Norms in collectivist versus individualist societies -- Metanorms and gender discrimination -- Cognitive dissonance and gender discrimination -- Norms, status, and individualist goods -- Measuring gender discrimination -- Gender discrimination in the arab world -- Norms and female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) -- Norms and violence against women -- Norms and women's economic rights -- Norms and women's political and legal rights -- Summary and conclusion -- Summary and conclusion.
Abadeer incorporates informal norms such as religion, mores, myths, taboos, codes-of-conduct, customary laws, and traditions, into the structure of formal rules (e.g., polity, judiciary, laws, and the enforcement of law), which in turn influence the governance of the transactions.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Ethnology—Middle East .
Sociology.
International economics.
Macroeconomics.
Cultural studies.
Regional/Spatial Science.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Gender Studies.
International Economics.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Cultural Studies.