Buch
Monografie
Veiled employment : Islamism and the political economy of women's employment in Iran
Herausgegeben von:
Bahramitash, Roksana
Syracuse, NY:
Syracuse Univ. Press
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2011
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351 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Herausgegeben von: | Bahramitash, Roksana |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Contemporary issues in the Middle East
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| Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
| Jahr: | 2011 |
| Maße: | 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0815632134 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| The popularity of neoliberal economic policies is based, in part, on the argument that the liberalization of markets promotes growth and increases employment opportunities for women. Although the latest research bears this out, it also presents a grim portrait of the state of women’s employment. Approximately seventy percent of those living on less than a dollar a day are women or girls. In Veiled Employment, the editors seek to examine these stark disparities, focusing on the evolving role of women’s employment in Iran. Based on empirical field research in Iran, the contributors’ essays document the accelerating trend in the size and diversity of women’s employment since the 1990s and explore the impact of various governmental policies on women. The volume analyzes such issues as the effect of global trade on female employment, women’s contribution to the informal work sector, and Iranian female migrant workers in the United States. Rejecting the commonly held view that centers on Islam as the primary cause of women’s status in the Muslim world, the authors emphasize the role of the national and international political economies. Drawing on postcolonial feminist theory, these scholars reveal the ways in which women in Iran have resisted and challenged Islamism, revealing them as agents of social transformation rather than as victims of religious fundamentalism. Contents: Introduction (ROKSANA BAHRAMITASH and HADI SALEHI ESFAHANI) * 1. Gender and Globalization. The Iranian Experience 8JENNIFER C . OLMSTED * 2. Modernization, Revolution, and Islamism: Political Economy of Women's Employment (ROKSANA BAHRAMITASH und HADI SALEHI ESFAHANI) * 3. From Postrevolution to the Reform: Gender Politics and Employment (ROKSANA BAHRAMITASH und HADI SALEHI ESFAHANI) * 4. The Transformation of the Female Labor Market (ROKSANA BAHRAMITASH und HADI SALEHI ESFAHANI) * 5. The Effects of International Trade on Gender Inequality in Iran: The Case of Women Carpet Weavers (ZAHRA KARIMI) * 6. Female-Headed Households in Iran: Microcredit versus Charity (ROKSANA BAHRAMITASH) * 7. Veiled Economy: Gender and the Informal Sector (ROKSANA BAHRAMITASH nnd SHAHLA KAZEMIPOUR) * 8. Iran's Missing Working Women (FATEMEH ETEMAD MOGHADAM) * 9. Iranian Immigrant Women's Labor Market Strategies: A Complex and Entangled Process (ZOHREH MIRZADEGAN NIKNIA) | |
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