Women and Development in the Middle East and North Africa / / edited by Joseph G. Jabbra, Nancy W. Jabbra.

• Superior document: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 59
• TeilnehmendeR: Jabbra, Joseph G.,; Jabbra, Nancy W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill,, 1992.
• Year of Publication: 1992
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 59.; International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology Online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Broadly speaking, we can view women and development as the empowerment of women in a Third World context. Accordingly, the question is whether women in the Middle East and North Africa benefit from development. If so, in what ways do they benefit? The essays in this volume survey a number of countries in the region to address these questions. The countries include Afghanistan, Palestine/Israel, Iran, Algeria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Egypt. There is also an introduction to the volume and a general essay on women and development. The authors themselves are an international group of social scientists specializing in the region.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Joseph G. Jabbra and Nancy W. Jabbra -- Introduction: Women and Development in the Middle East and North Africa / Nancy W. Jabbra and Joseph G. Jabbra -- Integrating Gender into Development: Research and Action Agendas for the 1990s / Eva M. Rathgeber -- Afghanistan: Women, Society and Development / Nancy Hatch Dupree -- Palestinian Women in View of Gender and Development / Yolande Geadah -- The Politics of Gender and Development in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Eliz Sanasarian -- The Rise of Algerian Women: Cultural Dualism and Multi-Party Politics / R. Tlemcani -- Political Ideology and Women in Iraq: Legislation and Cultural Constraints / Amal Rassam -- Women Development and Employment in Saudi Arabia: the Case of ʿUnayzah / Soraya Altorki -- Impediments to Empowerment: Moroccan Women and the Agencies / Susan Schaefer Davis -- The Female Brain Drain, the State, and Development in Egypt / Mona L. Russell -- Contributors / Joseph G. Jabbra and Nancy W. Jabbra -- Index / Joseph G. Jabbra and Nancy W. Jabbra -- International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology / Joseph G. Jabbra and Nancy W. Jabbra.