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Transitions to adulthood in the Middle East and North Africa young women's rising? /

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.

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Main Authors: Gebel, Michael.
Group Author: Heyne, Stefanie.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Young women > Social conditions > Longitudinal studies.
Adulthood.
Equality.
Gender studies: women > North Africa. > North Africa.
Age groups > North Africa. > North Africa.
Society.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137355560
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137355553.
Carrier Form: 264 p. : 17 figures, 33.
ISBN: 9781137355560 :
1137355565 :
CLC: D443.709
Contents: 1. Introduction PART I: WOMEN IN MENA COUNTRIES: THEORY AND BACKGROUND 2. A Micro-macro Theory of Young Women's Transition to Adulthood 3. The Context of Case Studies: Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Iran in Comparison 4. Data and Methodology PART II: WOMEN'S SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM 5. Education Failures? The Problem of Limited Access to Education and Early Dropout Among Young Women 6. The Determinants of Young Women's Access to Higher Education PART III: HOUSEWORK OR WAGE WORK? YOUNG WOMEN'S TRANSITIONS AFTER LEAVING EDUCATION 7. Back Home: Young Women's Transition from School to Inactivity 8. Stiff Competition for Privileged Jobs: Young Women's Transition from School to Work 9. A Polarized World of Female Employment? The Quality of First Employment PART IV: FAMILY FORMATION 10. Young Women's Transition to Marriage and Household Formation in Difficult Times 11. Completing the Pathway: The Transition to First Birth PART V: CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS 12. Ways to Social Integration of Women in MENA.

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