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Women, State and Ideology

Studies from Africa and Asia

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Haleh Afshar (Lecturer in Economics)⁰

Haleh Afshar
1. University of Bradford, UK
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xii

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Introduction
1. Introduction
  
  Haleh Afshar
  
  Pages 1-9
Women and the State
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 11-11
  
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2. Women and the State in Nigeria: the Case of the Federal Military Government 1984–85
  
  Carolyne Dennis
  
  Pages 13-27
3. Women in Zimbabwe: Stated Policy and State Action
  
  Susie M. Jacobs, Tracey Howard
  
  Pages 28-47
4. The State and the Regulation of Marriage: Sefwi Wiawso (Ghana), 1900–40
  
  Penelope A. Roberts
  
  Pages 48-69
5. Women, Marriage and the State in Iran
  
  Haleh Afshar
  
  Pages 70-86
State and Population Policies
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 87-87
  
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2. Family and State in Malaysian Industrialisation: the Case of Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
  
  Maila Stivens
  
  Pages 89-110
3. Gender and Population in the People’s Republic of China
  
  Delia Davin
  
  Pages 111-129
4. Some State Responses to Male and Female Need in British India
  
  Jocelyn Kynch
  
  Pages 130-151
5. Contaminating States: Midwifery, Childbearing and the State in Rural North India
  
  Patricia Jeffery, Roger Jeffery, Andrew Lyon
  
  Pages 152-169
Ideologies, Women and the Labour Market
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 171-171
  
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2. Women and Handicraft Production in North India
  
  Ann Weston
  
  Pages 173-185
3. Front and Rear: the Sexual Division of Labour in the Israeli Army
  
  Nira Yuval-Davis
  
  Pages 186-204
4. Controlling Women’s Access to Political Power: a Case Study in Andhra Pradesh, India
  
  Carol Wolkowitz
  
  Pages 205-225
5. State, Culture and Gender: Continuity and Change in Women’s Position in Rural Vietnam
  
  Christine Pelzer White
  
  Pages 226-234
Back Matter

Pages 235-245

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Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

University of Bradford, UK

Haleh Afshar

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Women, State and Ideology
Book Subtitle: Studies from Africa and Asia
Editors: Haleh Afshar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18650-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Haleh Afshar 1987
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-18650-1Published: 08 May 1987
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 245
Topics: Gender Studies

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