Women in the Middle East and North Africa Change and Continuity [Hardcover]

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.PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The Path of Social and Economic Change According to the Modernization Theory Patriarchy, Modernization, and the Global Economy PART II: STATUS AND THE COMPONENT VARIABLES THAT INFLUENCE WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT IN THE MENA REGION Women's Status: The Question of Access to Resources and Women's Empowerment Fertility Patterns, Trends, and Women's Status Education and Status of Women Work: Definition& Patterns Labor Migration, Oil Revenue, and their Impact on Women's Employment PART III: CONCLUSION, DISCUSSION, AND CASE STUDIES

'[This] work dispels common views of the homogeneous impact of religion and culture on women, and it does so through the theoretical lens of sociology. Each chapter enlightens one's understanding of MENA countries Haghighat argues that if Islam were the single greatest predictor of women's social status, their status across MENA countries would be similar, rather than dissimilar. Her empirical work supports her argument that economic and political factors interact with preexisting patterns of Islam to delimit women's social mobility Recommended.

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Women in the Middle East and North Africa explores the status of women by examining the interrelationship of multiple factors such as fertility, education, employment, and labor migration. Haghighat...debunks the popular perceptions through exploring the complex interplay of the patriarchal systems with the Islamic religion and the male-dominated government system...[and] leads the reader to an understanding of women's status in the Middle East...[The book] is an important contribution to the field of women/ Middle Eastern studies by demystifying some l"