This book presents a new and nuanced exploration of the position of women in Muslim countries, based on research involving more than 300,000 women in 28 Muslim countries. It addresses topical debates on the role of Islam, modernization, globalization, neocolonialism, educational inequalities, patriarchy, household hierarchies, and more.

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Radboud University, The Netherlands

Niels Spierings

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Niels Spierings is Assistant Professor in Sociology at Radboud University and previously worked at the London School of Economics and the University of Essex. His specializations are in political and gender sociology, and research methodology and he publishes on Islam, democratization, women's participation, populism, gender equality, and migration.

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Book Title: Women’s Employment in Muslim Countries
Book Subtitle: Patterns of Diversity
Authors: Niels Spierings
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137466778
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-46676-1Published: 12 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-46677-8Published: 29 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 291
Topics: Gender Studies, Religion and Gender, Islam, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Sociology of Work, Sociology, general

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

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Background

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A New Perspective on Existing Explanations

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New Issues in Women’s Employment

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Conclusions and Discussions

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