Low-Income Islamist Women and Social Economy in Iran

• Main Authors: Bahramitash, Roksana (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sadegh, Atena (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sattari, Negin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; International economics.; Ethnology-Middle East .; Sociology.; Regional/Spatial Science.; International Economics.; Middle Eastern Culture.; Gender Studies.

This book presents an innovative analysis of the solidarity/social economy among low-income religious women in Iran. For years, the role of low-income women in community care and poverty reduction has been underestimated and under-researched in the broader academic community, due to the "invisi...