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Family in the Middle East

Ideational change in Egypt, Iran and Tunisia
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Description

Explores, from a historical comparative perspective, the globalization of dominant myths of ‘modern’ family and society, and their effects on families in Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia uniquely contributing to sociological debates about globalization.

Author Biography:

Dr. Kathryn Yount is an associate professor of Global Health and Sociology at Emory University and has conducted research on gender and the family in Egypt and the Middle East since 1995. She has received grants for this work from Emory, as well as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the World Bank, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Emory University, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation to Johns Hopkins University. She has received awards from Emory and the American Public Health Association for her research. Dr. Hoda Rashad is Director and Research Professor of the Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo and conducted a large body of research on development issues. She is a member of WHO Commission on "Social Determinants of Health", and the Council of the International Union of Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). In Egypt, She is member of the Senate (El Shoura Council), one of the two parliamentary bodies in Egypt. She also serves on the National Council for Women, which reports to the President of Egypt.
Release date NZ
January 12th, 2011
Audience
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributors
  • Edited by Hoda Rashad
  • Edited by Kathryn M. Yount
Illustrations
48 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Pages
286
ISBN-13
9780415613415
Product ID
8981205

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