TY - BOOK AU - Solati,Fariba ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Women, Work, and Patriarchy in the Middle East and North Africa SN - 9783319515779 AV - JQ1758-1852 U1 - 320.956 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan KW - Middle East—Politics and government KW - Africa—Politics and government KW - Identity politics KW - Religion and politics KW - Women KW - Public policy KW - Middle Eastern Politics KW - African Politics KW - Politics and Gender KW - Politics and Religion KW - Women's Studies KW - Public Policy N1 - 1. Introduction -- 2. Explaining the Low Rate of Female Labor Force Participation in the Middle East and North Africa -- 3. Measuring Patriarchy: The Determinants of Patriarchy in the Middle East and North Africa -- 4. Invisible Work of the Invisible Half: Women and 'Work' in the Middle East and North Africa -- 5. Conclusion; Available to subscribing member institutions only. Доступно лише організаціям членам підписки N2 - This book investigates why the rate of female labor force participation in the Middle East and North Africa is the lowest in the world. The author argues that the primary reason is the institution of patriarchy. By quantifying and measuring patriarchy across sixty developing countries over thirty years the book shows that MENA is in fact the most patriarchal region in the world UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51577-9 ER -