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Modernizing Women : Gender and Social Change in the Middle East / Valentine M. Moghadam.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (350 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781685850616
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.420956 23/eng/20220829
LOC classification:
  • HQ1726.5 .M64 2022
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration and the Iranian Calendar -- 1. Gendering the Middle East and North Africa -- 2. Gender and Political Processes: A Historical Context -- 3. Globalization and Women’s Economic Citizenship -- 4. Gender and the Family: Patriarchy in Crisis -- 5. Gender, Conflict, and War: Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq -- 6. Gender Politics and the Islamic State: The Case of Iran -- 7. Democratic Transitions: Women and the Arab Spring -- 8. Modernizing Women -- Acronyms -- References -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Valentine Moghadam's seminal study of the gendered nature of political and social processes in the Middle East and North Africa has been fully updated to reflect more than a decade of major changes. This new edition reflects an emphasis on the impacts of both globalization and democratization. It also includes entirely new chapters on the gender dynamics of conflicts in the region, on women and the Arab Spring, and on the achievements of women's rights movements. The result is an indispensable contribution to our understanding of current popular struggles for modernity, democratization, and meaningful citizenship.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781685850616

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration and the Iranian Calendar -- 1. Gendering the Middle East and North Africa -- 2. Gender and Political Processes: A Historical Context -- 3. Globalization and Women’s Economic Citizenship -- 4. Gender and the Family: Patriarchy in Crisis -- 5. Gender, Conflict, and War: Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq -- 6. Gender Politics and the Islamic State: The Case of Iran -- 7. Democratic Transitions: Women and the Arab Spring -- 8. Modernizing Women -- Acronyms -- References -- Index -- About the Book

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Valentine Moghadam's seminal study of the gendered nature of political and social processes in the Middle East and North Africa has been fully updated to reflect more than a decade of major changes. This new edition reflects an emphasis on the impacts of both globalization and democratization. It also includes entirely new chapters on the gender dynamics of conflicts in the region, on women and the Arab Spring, and on the achievements of women's rights movements. The result is an indispensable contribution to our understanding of current popular struggles for modernity, democratization, and meaningful citizenship.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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