TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hijab,Nadia
TI  - Womanpower: the Arab debate on women at work 
T2  - Cambridge Middle East library
SN  - 052126443X
AV  - HQ1784 .H54 1988
U1  - 305.4/0917/4927 19
PY  - 1988///
CY  - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Women
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - Families
KW  - Employment
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Women in development
KW  - Famille - ©œtats arabes
KW  - Femmes - Travail - ©œtats arabes - Opinion publique
KW  - Femmes - ©œtats arabes
KW  - Femmes dans le d©♭veloppement - ©œtats arabes - Opinion publique
KW  - Opinion publique - ©œtats arabes
KW  - Women personnel
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-172) and index; 1. The great family law debate --- 2. Cross-currents conservative and liberal --- 3. Arab women in the workforce --- 4. Jordanian women's liberating forces: inflation and labour migration --- 5. The Arab Gulf states: demand but no supply --- 6. Power past and future
N2  - Womanpower unveils the lively but little-reported debate on women's positions in the modern Arab world. It paints a picture drawn from individual stories as well as from national development programs and attempts to explain why the process of social change in the region has been slow and uneven by linking it to political and economic developments. By illustrating particular themes--personal status laws, development policies, political rights--with examples from specific countries, Nadia Hijab builds up an informative overview of the Arab world today
ER  -