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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hopkins, Nicholas S.

Ibrahim, Saad Eddin.

Hopkins, Nicholas S., editor.

Ibrahim, Saad Eddin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab countries--Social conditions.

Arab countries.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 583 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Cairo, Egypt : American University in Cairo Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-4175-2317-4