Roksana Bahramitash
Biographic Data
| ID | 263452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roksana Bahramitash |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roksana |
| FAMILY NAME | Bahramitash |
| SIGNATURE | BAHRAMITASH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Montréal |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Economic Citizenship
This ethnography is a documentation of how social economy operates in Israel to empower women within a context of neoliberal economic policy. Inherent in social economy is the idea of social justic
Political and Socio-Economic Change in the Middle East and North Africa
Political and Socio-Economic Change in the Middle East and North Africa examines the shortcomings of the economic development policies in the region before and after the Arab uprisings. Many MENA countries tried to pursue neoliberal policies to boost economic growth. However, the outcome was associated with rising and disproportionate unemployment among the youth and women. The focal point of the book is the role of gender and the ways in which p…
Gender and Entrepreneurship in Iran
The issue of female entrepreneurship has become a globally important topic in recent years, especially for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Yet, in the case of Iran the topic remains under-researched despite the significance of female entrepreneurship as means of addressing the disproportionately high unemployment within the educated female work force. This article presents the findings from a survey that uses the Worl…
Low-Income Islamic Women, Poverty and the Solidarity Economy in Iran
This article is based on fieldwork research among Islamic women of low and lower middle-income households and seeks to explore their role in the solidarity/social economy, which is neither part of the government nor the private sector and primarily is rooted in the community. It documents the female-dominated, mainly informal solidarity economy functioning parallel to official and semi-formal public and private ways that Iran deals with poverty. …
Choice and Constraint in paid work
Based on interviews and participant observation conducted in 2009–10 in Tehran among women living in low-income communities, this contribution examines the complex ways in which women experience paid work. Most low-income Iranian women interviewed had conflicted views about paid employment. Some held up the male breadwinner as ideal, occasionally invoking Islam to limit their engagement in work they viewed as socially stigmatizing, physically dif…
Burying the beloved
Nimble Fingers No Longer! Women's Employment in Iran
This chapter reexamines the evolution of women's labor force participation (LFP) and employment in Iran in light of census data from the latter half of the 20th century, roughly 1956 to 2006. It begins by reviewing the economic performance of Iran since the 1950s. It then examines the aggregate trends in women's LFP and employment. It considers the sectoral pattern of female employment and analyzes the role of age structure and education, and dea…
Report on the Creation of the Persian Gender Network
Rethinking Global Sisterhood
Book Review| December 01 2009 Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran Nima Naghibi Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007 232 pp., $67.50 (cloth), $22.50 (paper) Roksana Bahramitash Roksana Bahramitash Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2009) 29 (3): 586–587. https://doi.org/10.12…
Iran, the Axis of Evil
Iranian Women During The Reform Era (1994–2004)
This paper reviews the experience of Iranian women during the reform era (1997–2004) from a postcolonial feminist theoretical perspective, and challenges the mainstream literature on women in the Muslim world in its tendency to portray them as passive victims. Iranian women provide an example of women resisting, negotiating, and pressing for their rights, transforming their position while their employment increased. However, the forces of globali…
Myths and Realities of the Impact of Islam on Women
The impact of religious revivalism on women generally is regarded to be negative. It is true that religion in contemporary societies is tied closely with traditions, which by definition are conserv
Liberation from Liberalization
CONTENTS (final, as published) * 1. Market Fundamentalism * The Post World War II Development Effort * The Rise of Neo-liberalism * Alternatives to Market Fundamentalism * 2. Who pays for market fundamentalism? * Background to Theories of Gender & Development * Women's Work as Defined by the Market: * Neo-liberalism and Increasing Women's Employment * Women's Invisible Contributions * Labour of Love: the Care Economy and Declining Social Services…
The War on Terror, Feminist Orientalism and Orientalist Feminism
Since the 11 September 2001 events and US initiation of its war on terror, ‘Islamic fundamentalism’ has attracted major attention and become the center of many political controversies. A main focus
Gods, Guns, and Globalization
Is it accurate to equate "fundamentalism" with antimodernism? What explains the growing importance of religious activists in world politics? Guns, Gods, and Globalization explores the multifaceted phenomenon of religious resurgence, ranging from the Christian right in the U.S. to ethnonationalist movements across North Africa and Asia. The authors' focus on the complex relationship between religious revivalism and globalization results in a nuanc…
Market fundamentalism versus religious fundamentalism
Myths and realities of the impact of political Islam on women
Since the 11 September 2001 attacks on targets in the USA, debates concerning the situation of women in the Muslim world have tended to focus on the extent to which they are victims of religious dogma. Like any other religion, Islam can be oppressive towards women; however, working women are not affected only by religious factors. This paper reviews women's experiences in Indonesia and Iran, countries in which Islamist movements have taken a lead…
Islamic Fundamentalism and Women's Economic Role
Islamic Fundamentalism and Women's Employment in Indonesia
Islamic Fundamentalism and Women's Economic Role
Islamic Fundamentalism and Women's Employment in Indonesia
Iranian Women During The Reform Era (1994–2004)
This paper reviews the experience of Iranian women during the reform era (1997–2004) from a postcolonial feminist theoretical perspective, and challenges the mainstream literature on women in the Muslim world in its tendency to portray them as passive victims. Iranian women provide an example of women resisting, negotiating, and pressing for their rights, transforming their position while their employment increased. However, the forces of globali…
Choice and Constraint in paid work
Based on interviews and participant observation conducted in 2009–10 in Tehran among women living in low-income communities, this contribution examines the complex ways in which women experience paid work. Most low-income Iranian women interviewed had conflicted views about paid employment. Some held up the male breadwinner as ideal, occasionally invoking Islam to limit their engagement in work they viewed as socially stigmatizing, physically dif…
Gender and Entrepreneurship in Iran
The issue of female entrepreneurship has become a globally important topic in recent years, especially for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Yet, in the case of Iran the topic remains under-researched despite the significance of female entrepreneurship as means of addressing the disproportionately high unemployment within the educated female work force. This article presents the findings from a survey that uses the Worl…
Low-Income Islamic Women, Poverty and the Solidarity Economy in Iran
This article is based on fieldwork research among Islamic women of low and lower middle-income households and seeks to explore their role in the solidarity/social economy, which is neither part of the government nor the private sector and primarily is rooted in the community. It documents the female-dominated, mainly informal solidarity economy functioning parallel to official and semi-formal public and private ways that Iran deals with poverty. …
Rethinking Global Sisterhood
Book Review| December 01 2009 Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran Nima Naghibi Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007 232 pp., $67.50 (cloth), $22.50 (paper) Roksana Bahramitash Roksana Bahramitash Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2009) 29 (3): 586–587. https://doi.org/10.12…
Myths and realities of the impact of political Islam on women
Since the 11 September 2001 attacks on targets in the USA, debates concerning the situation of women in the Muslim world have tended to focus on the extent to which they are victims of religious dogma. Like any other religion, Islam can be oppressive towards women; however, working women are not affected only by religious factors. This paper reviews women's experiences in Indonesia and Iran, countries in which Islamist movements have taken a lead…
Islamic Fundamentalism and Women's Employment in Indonesia
Islamic Fundamentalism and Women's Economic Role
Gods, Guns, and Globalization
Is it accurate to equate "fundamentalism" with antimodernism? What explains the growing importance of religious activists in world politics? Guns, Gods, and Globalization explores the multifaceted phenomenon of religious resurgence, ranging from the Christian right in the U.S. to ethnonationalist movements across North Africa and Asia. The authors' focus on the complex relationship between religious revivalism and globalization results in a nuanc…
Market fundamentalism versus religious fundamentalism
Myths and realities of the impact of political Islam on women
Since the 11 September 2001 attacks on targets in the USA, debates concerning the situation of women in the Muslim world have tended to focus on the extent to which they are victims of religious dogma. Like any other religion, Islam can be oppressive towards women; however, working women are not affected only by religious factors. This paper reviews women's experiences in Indonesia and Iran, countries in which Islamist movements have taken a lead…
Liberation from Liberalization
CONTENTS (final, as published) * 1. Market Fundamentalism * The Post World War II Development Effort * The Rise of Neo-liberalism * Alternatives to Market Fundamentalism * 2. Who pays for market fundamentalism? * Background to Theories of Gender & Development * Women's Work as Defined by the Market: * Neo-liberalism and Increasing Women's Employment * Women's Invisible Contributions * Labour of Love: the Care Economy and Declining Social Services…
The War on Terror, Feminist Orientalism and Orientalist Feminism
Since the 11 September 2001 events and US initiation of its war on terror, ‘Islamic fundamentalism’ has attracted major attention and become the center of many political controversies. A main focus
Myths and Realities of the Impact of Islam on Women
The impact of religious revivalism on women generally is regarded to be negative. It is true that religion in contemporary societies is tied closely with traditions, which by definition are conserv
Iranian Women During The Reform Era (1994–2004)
This paper reviews the experience of Iranian women during the reform era (1997–2004) from a postcolonial feminist theoretical perspective, and challenges the mainstream literature on women in the Muslim world in its tendency to portray them as passive victims. Iranian women provide an example of women resisting, negotiating, and pressing for their rights, transforming their position while their employment increased. However, the forces of globali…
Iran, the Axis of Evil
Nimble Fingers No Longer! Women's Employment in Iran
This chapter reexamines the evolution of women's labor force participation (LFP) and employment in Iran in light of census data from the latter half of the 20th century, roughly 1956 to 2006. It begins by reviewing the economic performance of Iran since the 1950s. It then examines the aggregate trends in women's LFP and employment. It considers the sectoral pattern of female employment and analyzes the role of age structure and education, and dea…
Report on the Creation of the Persian Gender Network
Rethinking Global Sisterhood
Book Review| December 01 2009 Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran Nima Naghibi Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007 232 pp., $67.50 (cloth), $22.50 (paper) Roksana Bahramitash Roksana Bahramitash Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2009) 29 (3): 586–587. https://doi.org/10.12…
Burying the beloved
Gender and Entrepreneurship in Iran
The issue of female entrepreneurship has become a globally important topic in recent years, especially for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Yet, in the case of Iran the topic remains under-researched despite the significance of female entrepreneurship as means of addressing the disproportionately high unemployment within the educated female work force. This article presents the findings from a survey that uses the Worl…
Low-Income Islamic Women, Poverty and the Solidarity Economy in Iran
This article is based on fieldwork research among Islamic women of low and lower middle-income households and seeks to explore their role in the solidarity/social economy, which is neither part of the government nor the private sector and primarily is rooted in the community. It documents the female-dominated, mainly informal solidarity economy functioning parallel to official and semi-formal public and private ways that Iran deals with poverty. …
Choice and Constraint in paid work
Based on interviews and participant observation conducted in 2009–10 in Tehran among women living in low-income communities, this contribution examines the complex ways in which women experience paid work. Most low-income Iranian women interviewed had conflicted views about paid employment. Some held up the male breadwinner as ideal, occasionally invoking Islam to limit their engagement in work they viewed as socially stigmatizing, physically dif…
Political and Socio-Economic Change in the Middle East and North Africa
Political and Socio-Economic Change in the Middle East and North Africa examines the shortcomings of the economic development policies in the region before and after the Arab uprisings. Many MENA countries tried to pursue neoliberal policies to boost economic growth. However, the outcome was associated with rising and disproportionate unemployment among the youth and women. The focal point of the book is the role of gender and the ways in which p…
Economic Citizenship
This ethnography is a documentation of how social economy operates in Israel to empower women within a context of neoliberal economic policy. Inherent in social economy is the idea of social justic
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