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Transitions to Adulthood in the Middle East and North Africa

Young Women's Rising?

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Michael Gebel, Stefanie Heyne
      Pages 1-11
  3. Women in MENA Countries: Theory and Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
    2. Data and Methodology

      • Michael Gebel, Stefanie Heyne
      Pages 49-57
  4. Women’s Success and Failure in the Education System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
  5. Housework or Wage Work? Young Women’s Transitions After Leaving Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
    2. Back Home: Young Women’s Transition from School to Inactivity

      • Michael Gebel, Stefanie Heyne
      Pages 103-121
  6. Family Formation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
    2. Completing the Pathway: The Transition to First Birth

      • Michael Gebel, Stefanie Heyne
      Pages 188-203
  7. Conclusions and Discussions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
    2. Ways to Social Integration of Women in MENA

      • Michael Gebel, Stefanie Heyne
      Pages 207-220
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 221-248

About this book

This book identifies chances and barriers women face in their transition to adulthood in Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and Syria. Adopting a life course perspective, it provides a new integrative micro-macro-theoretical framework and innovative analyses of individual life courses based on longitudinal data.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany

    Michael Gebel, Stefanie Heyne

About the authors

Michael Gebel is Full Professor of Methods of Empirical Social Research at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany. His main research interests include transitions to adulthood, youth unemployment and temporary employment, international comparative research, and quantitative methods.

Stefanie Heyne is Teaching and Research Associate at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany. Her main research interests are social inequality, labor market sociology, and women in society.

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