Doumato, Eleanor Abdella

Posusney, Marsha Pripstein

Women and globalization in the Arab Middle East.

Gender, economy, and society.

Boulder [u.a.]

2003

1588261107

9781588261106

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Mixed Blessing of Globalization
Marsha Pripstein Posusney and Eleanor Abdella Doumato

Part 1 Women in Reforming Middle Eastern Economics:
Employment, Production, and Reproduction

Arab Economies and Globalization: An Overview
Karen Pfeifer and Marsha Pripstein Posusney

Women in the MENA Labor Market: An Eclectic Survey
Zafiris Tzannatos and Iqbal Kaur

Reexamining the Fertility Puzzle in MENA
Jennifer Olmsted

Part 2 Case Studies

Egypt: Structural Adjustment and Women`s Employment
Heba Nassar

Gender and Employment: Egypt in Comparative Perspective
Ragui Assaad

Jordan: Woman and the Struggle for Political Opening
Laurie A. Brand

Woman in Tunisia: Between State Feminism and Economic Reform
Emma C. Murphy

Sudanes Woman in National Service, Militias, an the Home
Sondra Hale

Kuwait: Sex, Violence, and the Politics of Economic Restructuring
Mary Ann Tétreault

Education in Saudia Arabia: Gender, Jobs, and the Price of Religion
Elionor Adbella Doumato

Epilogue
Marsha Pripstein Posusney and Eleanor Adbella Doumato

Refernces
The Contributors
Index
About the Book