Veiled employment : Islamism and the political economy of women's employment in Iran /

Veiled employment : Islamism and the political economy of women's employment in Iran /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.
Description:	xxii, 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Contemporary issues in the Middle East Contemporary issues in the Middle East.
Subject:	Women -- Employment -- Iran -- History. Women -- Employment -- Iran -- Political aspects. Sexual division of labor -- Iran. Sexual division of labor. Women -- Employment. Iran. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8385140

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Other authors / contributors:	Bahramitash, Roksana, 1956- Esfahani, Hadi Salehi.
ISBN:	9780815632139 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815632134 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Gender and Globalization
The Iranian Experience
2. Modernization, Revolution, and Islamism
Political Economy of Women's Employment
3. From Postrevolution to the Reform
Gender Politics and Employment
4. The Transformation of the Female Labor Market
5. The Effects of International Trade on Gender Inequality in Iran
The Case of Women Carpet Weavers
6. Female-Headed Households in Iran
Microcredit versus Charity
7. Veiled Economy
Gender and the Informal Sector
8. Iran's Missing Working Women
9. Iranian Immigrant Women's Labor Market Strategies
A Complex and Entangled Process
References
Index