Veiled Employment: Islamism and the Political Economy of Women’s Employment in Iran

Contents

Contents List of Figures | vii List of Tables | ix Acknowledgments | xiii Contributors | xvii Acronyms and Abbreviations | xxi Introduction Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani | 1 1. Gender and Globalization The Iranian Experience Jennifer C. Olmsted | 25 2. Modernization, Revolution, and Islamism Political Economy of Women’s Employment Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani | 53 3. From Postrevolution to the Reform Gender Politics and Employment Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani | 83 4. The Transformation of the Female Labor Market Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani | 123 5. The Effects of International Trade on Gender Inequality in Iran The Case of Women Carpet Weavers Zahra Karimi | 166 vi • Contents 6. Female-Headed Households in Iran Microcredit versus Charity Roksana Bahramitash | 191 7. Veiled Economy Gender and the Informal Sector Roksana Bahramitash and Shahla Kazemipour | 226 8. Iran’s Missing Working Women Fatemeh Etemad Moghadam | 256 9. Iranian Immigrant Women’s Labor Market Strategies A Complex and Entangled Process Zohreh Mirzadegan Niknia | 273 References | 307 Index | 329 ...