Overview
- Marks an important and original contribution to the understudied field of women's work in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
- Compares MENA countries with other developing regions and examines the changes within these countries over three decades
- Draws from a vast pool of international datasets to analyze a topic that has historically lacked data to critically test hypotheses
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“This book addresses an enduring puzzle: how to account for the fact that despite declining fertility rates and increasing levels of educational attainment, women in MENA countries have the lowest rates of labour force participation in the world? The author meticulously examines alternative hypotheses on the role of Islam and income levels and concludes that the phenomenon of patriarchy offers the best explanatory value. This is a rare and original attempt at operationalizing the workings of patriarchy by using both quantitative and qualitative indicators across a wide range of country cases within a longitudinal perspective. It makes an original contribution to the field of gender and development and must be read not only by students and academics but by development practitioners in the public and NGO sectors.” (Deniz Kandiyoti, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK)
“Fariba Solati’s Women, Work, and Patriarchy in the Middle East and North Africa is a fascinating study of women’s participation in formal and informal work in the Middle East and North Africa. In this concise and accessible study, she argues that patriarchal relations, rather than Islam or oil, have impeded women’s integration into the work force. Her innovative quantitative analyses suggest important new approaches for NGOs, governments, and international organizations.” (Nancy Gallagher, Professor Emerita, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Economics, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, Canada
Fariba Solati
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women, Work, and Patriarchy in the Middle East and North Africa
Authors: Fariba Solati
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51577-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51576-2Published: 30 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84688-0Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51577-9Published: 20 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 118
Number of Illustrations: 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Middle Eastern Politics, African Politics, Politics and Gender, Politics and Religion, Women's Studies, Public Policy