Women, Health and the State in the Middle East

The Politics and Culture of Childbirth in Jordan

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23526366
AutoresIrene Maffi (0000-0002-1489-2623)
Ano2013
Data de publicação2013-01-01
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoWomen, Health and the State in the Middle East (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraI.B.Tauris (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9780755611362
OpenAlexW4233443427
ISBN9780755611362
IdiomaEN
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Women’s health in the Middle East is powerfully shaped by political imperatives and dominant ideologies of health. Here, Irene Maffi delineates the influence of colonialism, nation building in postcolonial states, and international development agencies. She examines the social, cultural and political institutions that manage childbirth in Jordan today, through interviews with key figures-midwives, physicians, pregnant women and mothers-and an exploration of the main institutional settings, from clinics to hospitals, doctor’s offices, NGOs and government departments. With a thorough analysis of birth practices, the history of health governance under the colonial state and missionaries, and the institutionalization of health practice and practitioners in independent Jordan, this book will be indispensable for all those concerned with women, health, development, and the state in the Middle East.

Childbirth · Colonialism · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Government (linguistics) · Ideology · Institutionalisation · Management · Middle East · Political science · Politics · Pregnancy · Sociology · State (computer science) · Gender Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Medicine · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Socioeconomic Development in MENA