Women in the Middle East and North Africa [electronic resource] : Change and Continuity /
Haghighat-Sordellini, E.author.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The path of social and economic change according to the modernization theory -- Patriarchy, modernization, and the global economy -- Women's status : the question of access to resources and women's empowerment -- Women's status and fertility pattern -- Education and status of women -- Work : definition and patterns -- Labor migration, oil revenue, and their impact on women's employment -- Conclusion.
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.
Middle East—Politics and government.
Sociology.
Political science.
Social policy.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Gender Studies.
Political Science.
Sociology, general.
Social Policy.