| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 583 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Gesellschaft
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Arabieren.
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Maatschappij.
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Sociale klassen.
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Sekseverschillen.
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Politieke macht.
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Sociale ontwikkeling.
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Arab countries -- Social conditions
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Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006286
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Arab countries
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Arabische Staaten
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Pays arabes -- Politique et gouvernement -- Année 1945.
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Pays arabes -- Conditions sociales.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hopkins, Nicholas S
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Ibrahim, Saad Eddin
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| ISBN |
1417523174 |
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9781417523177 |
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