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Transitions to Adulthood in the Middle East and North Africa : Young Women's Rising?. Michael Gebel and Stefanie Heyne

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Copyright date: ©2014Description: 248 PContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137355560
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.42 23 G293
LOC classification:
  • HM621-HM656
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Contents:
"Cover" -- "Half-Title " -- "Title " -- "Copyright " -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Tables" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "List of Abbreviations" -- "1 Introduction" -- "Young womenâs rising?" -- "A life course perspective: The transition to adulthood" -- "Research design: A life course approach" -- "Research questions and aims of the book" -- "Outline of the book" -- "Part I: Women in MENA Countries: Theory and Background" -- "2 A Micro-Macro Theory of Young Womenâs Transition to Adulthood" -- "Individual agency" -- "Linked lives" -- "The social embeddedness of individual life courses" -- "The interrelation of life course events" -- "3 The Context of Case Studies: Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and Syria in Comparison" -- "State, development, and economic policy" -- "Religion, ethnicity, and culture" -- "Educational expansion and the education system" -- "Labor market structure and institutions" -- "Family regimes" -- "4 Data and Methodology" -- "Data sets" -- "Analytical samples" -- "Dependent variables and methods" -- "Independent variables" -- "Part II: Womenâs Success and Failure in the Education System" -- "5 Education Failures? The Problem of Limited Access to Education and Early Dropout Among Young Women" -- "Educational attainment and early dropout in a life course perspective" -- "The extent of non-enrollment and early dropout" -- "Non-enrollment in Egypt" -- "The phenomenon of early dropout in Egypt, Iran, Jordan,and Syria" -- "Conclusions" -- "6 The Determinants of Young Womenâs Access to Higher Education" -- "Access to higher education in a life course perspective" -- "Transitions to higher levels of education" -- "Determinants of access to higher levels of education" -- "The roles of tutoring and failure in basic education in success in the education system" -- "Reasons for stopping education".
"Specialization and field of study" -- "Conclusions" -- "Part III: Housework or Wage Work? Young Womenâs Transitions After Leaving Education" -- "7 Back Home: Young Womenâs Transition from School to Inactivity" -- "Theory: The determinants of labor market inactivity" -- "Overall incidence of and reasons for inactivity" -- "The determinants of female labor market inactivity" -- "Attitudes to womenâs role in the spheres of workand family" -- "The characteristics of housework" -- "Conclusions" -- "8 Stiff Competition for Privileged Jobs: Young Womenâs Transition from School to Work" -- "Theory: The transition from school to work" -- "Research design" -- "Job search duration" -- "Determinants of job search duration" -- "How to find a first job: The role of âwastaâ" -- "Conclusions" -- "9 A Polarized World of Female Employment? The Quality of First Employment" -- "Theory: The segmented labor market" -- "Description of different kinds of first employment" -- "The quality of first jobs" -- "Education qualifications and job type" -- "Conclusions" -- "Part IV Family Formation" -- "10 Young Womenâs Transition to Marriage and Household Formation in Difficult Times" -- "Theory: The determinants of marriage behavior" -- "Finding the right partner" -- "The timing of marriage in the early life course" -- "The determinants of marriage timing" -- "The economic burden of marriage costs" -- "Patterns of household formation" -- "Conclusions" -- "11 Completing the Pathway: The Transition to First Birth" -- "Theory: The determinants of first childbirth" -- "Family planning" -- "The timing of first birth in the early life course" -- "The determinants of the timing of first birth" -- "Conclusions" -- "Part V: Conclusions and Discussions" -- "12 Ways to Social Integration of Women in MENA" -- "Young womenâs transition to adulthood".
"Social inequality in young womenâs life courses" -- "Interrelation of life course transitions" -- "Policy implications and future research" -- "Young womenâs rising?" -- "Notes" -- "References".
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.
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"Cover" -- "Half-Title " -- "Title " -- "Copyright " -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Tables" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "List of Abbreviations" -- "1 Introduction" -- "Young womenâs rising?" -- "A life course perspective: The transition to adulthood" -- "Research design: A life course approach" -- "Research questions and aims of the book" -- "Outline of the book" -- "Part I: Women in MENA Countries: Theory and Background" -- "2 A Micro-Macro Theory of Young Womenâs Transition to Adulthood" -- "Individual agency" -- "Linked lives" -- "The social embeddedness of individual life courses" -- "The interrelation of life course events" -- "3 The Context of Case Studies: Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and Syria in Comparison" -- "State, development, and economic policy" -- "Religion, ethnicity, and culture" -- "Educational expansion and the education system" -- "Labor market structure and institutions" -- "Family regimes" -- "4 Data and Methodology" -- "Data sets" -- "Analytical samples" -- "Dependent variables and methods" -- "Independent variables" -- "Part II: Womenâs Success and Failure in the Education System" -- "5 Education Failures? The Problem of Limited Access to Education and Early Dropout Among Young Women" -- "Educational attainment and early dropout in a life course perspective" -- "The extent of non-enrollment and early dropout" -- "Non-enrollment in Egypt" -- "The phenomenon of early dropout in Egypt, Iran, Jordan,and Syria" -- "Conclusions" -- "6 The Determinants of Young Womenâs Access to Higher Education" -- "Access to higher education in a life course perspective" -- "Transitions to higher levels of education" -- "Determinants of access to higher levels of education" -- "The roles of tutoring and failure in basic education in success in the education system" -- "Reasons for stopping education".

"Specialization and field of study" -- "Conclusions" -- "Part III: Housework or Wage Work? Young Womenâs Transitions After Leaving Education" -- "7 Back Home: Young Womenâs Transition from School to Inactivity" -- "Theory: The determinants of labor market inactivity" -- "Overall incidence of and reasons for inactivity" -- "The determinants of female labor market inactivity" -- "Attitudes to womenâs role in the spheres of workand family" -- "The characteristics of housework" -- "Conclusions" -- "8 Stiff Competition for Privileged Jobs: Young Womenâs Transition from School to Work" -- "Theory: The transition from school to work" -- "Research design" -- "Job search duration" -- "Determinants of job search duration" -- "How to find a first job: The role of âwastaâ" -- "Conclusions" -- "9 A Polarized World of Female Employment? The Quality of First Employment" -- "Theory: The segmented labor market" -- "Description of different kinds of first employment" -- "The quality of first jobs" -- "Education qualifications and job type" -- "Conclusions" -- "Part IV Family Formation" -- "10 Young Womenâs Transition to Marriage and Household Formation in Difficult Times" -- "Theory: The determinants of marriage behavior" -- "Finding the right partner" -- "The timing of marriage in the early life course" -- "The determinants of marriage timing" -- "The economic burden of marriage costs" -- "Patterns of household formation" -- "Conclusions" -- "11 Completing the Pathway: The Transition to First Birth" -- "Theory: The determinants of first childbirth" -- "Family planning" -- "The timing of first birth in the early life course" -- "The determinants of the timing of first birth" -- "Conclusions" -- "Part V: Conclusions and Discussions" -- "12 Ways to Social Integration of Women in MENA" -- "Young womenâs transition to adulthood".

"Social inequality in young womenâs life courses" -- "Interrelation of life course transitions" -- "Policy implications and future research" -- "Young womenâs rising?" -- "Notes" -- "References".

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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