Gender and Economics in Muslim Communities
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Bringing together feminist analyses of economic processes and outcomes, and feminist critiques of orientalism, this book examines the diverse economic realities facing women in a range of Muslim communities. It was originally published as a special issue of Feminist Economics.

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Bringing together feminist analyses of economic processes and outcomes, and feminist critiques of orientalism, this book examines the diverse economic realities facing women in a range of Muslim communities. It was originally published as a special issue of Feminist Economics.
Autorenporträt
Ebru Kongar is Associate Professor of Economics at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, USA. Her research focuses on the gendered time-use and labor market outcomes of macroeconomic developments, such as deindustrialization, offshoring, and the Great Recession in the US economy. She is Research Associate at Levy Economics Institute's Gender Equality and the Economy Program and an Associate Editor of Feminist Economics. Jennifer C. Olmsted is Professor of Economics and Director of Middle East Studies at Drew University, Madison, NJ, USA, with experience as well in the policy arena, including as the gender advisor at the UN Population Fund. Much of her research has focused on gender, economics, and the Middle East. Her publications have appeared in various journals, including World Development, Industrial Relations, the Journal of Development Studies, Feminist Economics, Women's Studies International Forum, and the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, as well as numerous book volumes. Elora Shehabuddin is Associate Professor of Humanities and Political Science at Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. Her publications include Reshaping the Holy: Democracy, Development, and Muslim Women in Bangladesh (Columbia University Press, 2008). She is an Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (Brill). Her current book project is tentatively titled "Visions of Progress: Feminism, Empire, and Muslim Women."