This book explores the complexity of women's social status in the Middle Eastand 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. The author debunks some common assumptions regarding the economic, cultural and demographic transformations of the MENA region. The book highlights the social forces that have transformed the region over the past several decades. Debunking requires exploring the inter-relationship of multiple factors that influence women's integration into public life, factors such as fertility, education, employment and labor migration. It necessitates examining the impact of sudden oil wealth in the region as well aslooking at the complex ways in which patriarchal systems are intertwined and often embedded in religion and then enforced by governments. INDICE: 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.
- ISBN: 978-1-1372-7410-6
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 228
- Fecha Publicación: 27/09/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido