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Maternalist Policies versus Women’s Economic Citizenship? Gendered Social Policy in Iran

In: Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context

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  • Valentine M. Moghadam

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That social policy is gendered is now a truism in the feminist literature. But what are the different patterns of (gendered) social policy formation and implementation across regions in the world economy? In the Middle East, for example, what are the state policies, practices and institutions that directly influence the welfare and security of various groups within a particular society, especially as far as women are concerned? And if social policy is partly about protecting against risks and contingencies while also providing social equity, do all social policies serve to expand women’s citizenship? In this chapter I examine the gendered nature of social policy in Iran, with a focus on the problems associated with women’s economic citizenship that have resulted from Iran’s economic structure and its cultural/ideological institutions. An oil-dependent economy and gender relations codified in Muslim family law have had implications for women’s access to employment and economic resources, as well as overall citizenship.

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  • Valentine M. Moghadam, 2006. "Maternalist Policies versus Women’s Economic Citizenship? Gendered Social Policy in Iran," Social Policy in a Development Context, in: Shahra Razavi & Shireen Hassim (ed.), Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context, chapter 4, pages 87-108, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:sopchp:978-0-230-62528-0_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230625280_4
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