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From Patriarchy To Empowerment: Women's Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia (Gender and Globalization)
Valentine Moghadam
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Description for From Patriarchy To Empowerment: Women's Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia (Gender and Globalization)
Paperback. Offers twenty studies on instances of emerging social justice and women's empowerment in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. This book shows how changes are occurring as flood tides of capital, people, and information erode entrenched gender regimes, giving birth to energetic and forward-thinking women's movements. Editor(s): Moghadam, Valentine M. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map, 9 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FM; 1HB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 762.
This rich anthology offers twenty studies on instances of emerging social justice and women's empowerment in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. These areas are home to large populations where women's rights have withered under patriarchal rule, and many are beset by civic unrest. The book shows how changes are occurring as flood tides of capital, people, and information erode entrenched gender regimes, giving birth to energetic and forward-thinking women's movements. Highly original, conceptually sophisticated, and eminently readable, this book illustrates how local women are transforming their collective fates by questioning their status, forming alliances, demanding full participation ... Read more
This rich anthology offers twenty studies on instances of emerging social justice and women's empowerment in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. These areas are home to large populations where women's rights have withered under patriarchal rule, and many are beset by civic unrest. The book shows how changes are occurring as flood tides of capital, people, and information erode entrenched gender regimes, giving birth to energetic and forward-thinking women's movements. Highly original, conceptually sophisticated, and eminently readable, this book illustrates how local women are transforming their collective fates by questioning their status, forming alliances, demanding full participation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Gender and Globalization
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815631118
SKU
V9780815631118
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Ref
99-98
About Valentine Moghadam
Valentine M. Moghadam is professor of sociology and women's studies and director of the women's studies program at Purdue University. She is the author of several books including Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East.
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