Norms and Gender Discrimination in the Arab World

by Adel SZ Abadeer

Overview

Abadeer incorporates informal norms such as religion, mores, myths, taboos, codes-of-conduct, customary laws, and traditions, into the structure of formal rules (e.g., polity, judiciary, laws, and the enforcement of law), which in turn influence the governance of the transactions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137398543
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	10/05/2015
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Adel SZ Abadeer is Professor of Economics at Calvin College, USA.

Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction
PART II: ANALYSIS OF NORMS AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION
2. Institutions and Gender Discrimination
3. Cultural Relativism and Gender-Discriminating Norms
4. The Capability Approach and Gender Discrimination
5. Norms in Collectivist versus Individualist Societies
6. Metanorms and Gender Discrimination
7. Cognitive Dissonance and Gender Discrimination
8. Norms, Status, and Individualist Goods
9. Measuring Gender Discrimination
PART III: GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN THE ARAB WORLD
10. Norms and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
11. Norms and Violence Against Women
12. Norms and Women's Economic Rights
13. Norms and Women's Political and Legal Rights
PART IV: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
14. Summary and Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Adel SZ Abadeer’s interdisciplinary analysis in Norms and Gender Discrimination in the Arab World provides a succinct framework for analyzing the normative structure of gender discrimination as well as its material impact on the status and well-being of women in primarily collectivist societies. This book balances out considerations of cultural relativism, universal human rights, and statistical research through an interdisciplinary lens, which provides a useful methodology for examining gender discrimination in other cultural contexts.” (Lori Bable, Human Rights Review, Vol. 17, 2016)

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