POLI 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Gender Inequality Index, House Of Saud, Arab Spring
15 May 2016
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Gender inequality index arab states have a higher share of it. Gender inequality in the me saudi arabia is not that high compared to others. Iran has equal health care system and also saudi arabia so it makes it look like their situation is better. Labor force participation the values change now. Not only the aggregate number interesting but the relative numbers across the region are interesting. Parliamentary representation egypt, iran, morocco, jordan much lower numbers. Expectations of how women should behave and etc. culture is an important vehicle mechanism signaling to what men and women are appropriate doing. The debate within islam: fundamentalist, conservative, and modernist views. Conservatives instead of arguing on theological principles they just adopt what was being done from before. Modernists would say you cant really go back to prophet"s time. Impact(s) of globalization watch tv and see national debates. Contradictory effects seeing modern society"s way of handling things and.
