Women, Work, and Economic Reform in the Middle East and North Africa / / Valentine M. Moghadam.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Moghadam, Valentine M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)

Globalization and changing political economies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are affecting women's labor-force participation, educational attainment, and access to economic resources. But are these changes in fact resulting in economic gains for women? And will this produce an intensification or a subversion of the patriarchal gender contract that has thus far characterized the region? Addressing these questions, this book examines the connections between gender relations and economic reform. Moghadam begins with an overview of the political economy of women’s employment and education, followed by case studies from Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. In the final chapters of the book, she draws together data to explore future possibilities for gender relations in the MENA states.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- PART ONE Introduction and Overview -- 1 The Political Economy of Women's Employment -- 2 Educating Women for a Globalizing Economy -- PART TWO Case Studies of Economic Reforms and Working Women -- 3 Morocco and Tunisia: Export-Led Growth and Working Women -- 4 Turkey: From Housewife to Worker? -- 5 Egypt: "Yes, It Can Get Worse Than This"— Economic Reform and Women's Employment -- 6 Jordan and Syria: Gender Ideology and Political Economy -- 7 The Islamic Republic of Iran: The End of Ideology? Women's Employment Issues -- 8 Algeria: Economic Liberalization, Political Crisis, and Working Women -- PART THREE Responses and Strategies -- 9 Structural Change and Women's Mobilization -- 10 Conclusions: Toward a New Gender Contract? -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- References -- Index -- About the Book