Moghadam's seminal study of the gendered nature of political and social processes in the Middle East and North Africa has been fully updated to reflect more than a decade of major changes. The result is an indispensable contribution to our understanding of current popular struggles for modernity, democratization, and meaningful citizenship.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-305) and index.

Recasting the Middle East, North Africa, and Afghanistan -- Economic development, state policy, and women's employment -- Reforms, revolutions, and the woman question -- Patriarchy, and the changing family -- Islamist movements and women's responses -- Iran: from Islamization to Islamic feminism, and beyond? -- Afghanistan: revolution, reaction, and attempted reconstruction -- All that is solid melts into air.