Abadeer Norms and Gender Discrimination in the Arab World

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-39528-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, eBook

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abadeer, Adel SZ

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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