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Norms and gender discrimination in the Arab world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abadeer, Adel SZ, 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Women > Arab countries.
Sex discrimination against women > Arab countries.
Women's rights > Arab countries.
Arab countries > Social life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Analysis of norms and gender discrimination
  • Institutions and gender discrimination
  • Cultural relativism and gender-discriminating norms
  • The capability approach and gender discrimination
  • Norms in collectivist versus individualist societies
  • Metanorms and gender discrimination
  • Cognitive dissonance and gender discrimination
  • Norms, status, and individualist goods
  • Measuring gender discrimination
  • Gender discrimination in the arab world
  • Norms and female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C)
  • Norms and violence against women
  • Norms and women's economic rights
  • Norms and women's political and legal rights
  • Summary and conclusion
  • Summary and conclusion.