Veiled employment : Islamism and the political economy of women's employment in Iran / edited by Roksana Bahramitash & Hadi Salehi Esfahani.

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Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.
Description
xxii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Contemporary issues in the Middle East [More in this series]
    Summary note
    • 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 70 percent of those living on less than a dollar a day are women or girls.
    • In Veiled Employment, the contributors examine these stark disparities, focusing on the evolving role of women's employment in Iran. Based on empirical field research in Iran, their 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 contributions 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 national and international political economies. Drawing on postcolonial feminist theory, they 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. --Book Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Gender and globalization : the Iranian experience / Jennifer C. Olmsted
    • Modernization, revolution, and Islamism : political economy of women's employment / Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani
    • From postrevolution to the reform : gender politics and employment / Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani
    • The transformation of the female labor market / Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani
    • The effects of international trade on gender inequality in Iran : the case of women carpet weavers / Zahra Karimi
    • Female-headed households in Iran : microcredit versus charity / Roksana Bahramitash
    • Veiled economy : gender and the informal sector / Roksana Bahramitash and Shahla Kazemipour
    • Iran's missing working women / Fatemeh Etemad Moghadam
    • Iranian immigrant women's labor market strategies : a complex and entangled process / Zohreh Mirzadegan Niknia.
    ISBN
    • 9780815632139 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0815632134 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2010051215
    OCLC
    647671119
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