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Arab society : class, gender, power, and development /
"This all-new edition of a classic book examines Arab society in the 1990s. Thirty new articles by leading scholars from many countries explore such subjects as Arab unity and identity; demographic processes; the roles of men, women, and family; rural soc
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cairo, Egypt :
American University in Cairo Press,
©1997.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Class structure and social change in the Arab world / Samih K. Farsoun
- Change in Saudi Arabia : a view from "Paris of Nejd" / Soraya Altorki and Donald P. Cole
- State, legitimacy and democratization in the Maghreb / Abdelbaki Hermassi
- From demographic explosion to social rupture / Philippe Fargues
- State, women and civil society : an evaluation of Egypt's population policy / Saad Eddin Ibrahim
- Fertility and social change in Oman : women's perspectives / Christine Eickelman
- Women's autonomy and the limits of population policy in Egypt / Barbara Ibrahim, Laila Nawar, and Cynthia B. Lloyd
- Manshiet Nasser : a Cairo neighborhood / Belgin Tekçe, Linda Oldham, and Frederic C. Shorter
- Childhood and childcare in squatter areas of Amman, Jordan / Seteny Shami and Lucine Taminian
- Haddou : a Moroccan migrant worker / David McMurray
- Changing gender relations in a Moroccan town / Susan Schaefer Davis
- Brother-sister relationships : connectivity, love, and power in the reproduction of patriarchy in Lebanon / Suad Joseph
- We'll talk later / Rhoda Kanaaneh
- Economic aspects of the qat industry in north-west Yemen / Shelagh Weir
- Small farmer households and agricultural sustainability in Egypt / Nicholas S. Hopkins
- Shayks, peasants, and party comrades : political changes in northern Syria / Sulayman N. Khalf
- The 'Bread Revolt' in rural Tunisia : notables, workers, peasants / Mouldi Lahmar
- Pluralism in the Arab World / Iliya Harik
- Economic liberalization and the lineages of the rentier state : Iraq and Saudi Arabia compared / Kiren Aziz Chaudhry
- The peace process, national reconstruction, and the transition to democracy in Palestine / Khalil Shikaki
- Kuwaiti women at a crossroads : privileged development and the constraints of ethnic stratification / Anh Nga Longva
- A tale of two factories / Khaled Kamel
- Environmental threats in Jordan and Syria / Marc Lavegne
- The human and ecological impact of the civil war in the Sudan / Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed
- Human rights and cultural specificity : some reflections / Rashad Antonius
- Organizing for the rights of women : Tunisian voices / Kevin Dwyer
- Zar as modernization in contemporary Sudan / Susan M. Kenyon
- Islam and the gendered discourses of death / Lila Abu-Lughod
- Authority and the mosque in upper Egypt : the Islamic preacher as image and actor / Patrick D. Gaffney
- Economic change, social structure and religious fanaticism / Galal Amin.