Arab society : class, gender, power, and development / edited by Nicholas S. Hopkins, Saad Eddin Ibrahim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hopkins, Nicholas S.

Ibrahim, Saad Eddin.

American University in Cairo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab countries--Social conditions.

Arab countries.

Social conditions.

Arab countries--Politics and government--1945-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xviii, 583 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Other Title:

Arab society : class, gender, power, & development

Place of Publication:

Cairo, Egypt : American University in Cairo Press, [1997]

Summary:

This all-new edition of the classic Arab Society: Social Science Perspectives, containing thirty new articles by leading scholars, examines Arab society in the 1990s. Articles by scholars from many countries explore such subjects as Arab unity and identity; demographic processes; the roles of men, women, and family; rural social change; political developments; and religious change. For students, scholars, and general readers alike, Arab Society offers up-to-date analysis and discussion of the social, political, and economic transformations that face the region today.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Arab society : social science perspectives. c1985.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9774244044

OCLC:

38569958