A Quiet Revolution?: The Rise Of Women Managers, Business Owners And Leaders In The Arabian Gulf States
Cambridge University Press, 9/7/2017
EAN 9781316507780, ISBN10: 1316507785
Paperback, 624 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
Language: English
An irreversible transformation is taking place in the lives of many thousands of university educated professional women in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Drawing on eight years' participative research and extensive secondary sources, Nick Forster introduces the first extensive study to document this development in the Middle East. This book documents the emerging economic and political power of women, and how they are beginning to challenge ancient and deeply-held beliefs about the 'correct' roles of men and women in conservative Islamic societies, and in public and private sector organisations. It also describes the vital role that women could play in the economic development and diversification of these countries, and the broader MENA region, in the future. It is an essential read for professionals, scholars and students, in fields as diverse as economic development, international management, gender studies, and Middle Eastern studies.
1. The contemporary Middle East and North Africa
2. The United Arab Emirates
3. The experiences of women in public and private sector organisations in the UAE
4. The Sultanate of Oman
5. The experiences of women in public and private sector organisations in Oman
6. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
7. The experiences of women in public and private sector organisations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
8. The economic rationale and business case for increasing the participation of women in the labour markets of the Gulf States and the MENA region
9. Creating a level playing field for women in private and public sector organisations in the Gulf States and the MENA region.