01321pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002100040245002500061260000900086300001400095362000800109520083600117650001000953773003800963908000601001909001001007999001701017952010501034180718b2008   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRoss, Michael L.  aOil, Islam and women  c2008  ap.107-23.  aFeb  aWomen have made less progress toward gender equality in the Middle East than in any other region. Many observers claim this is due to the region's Islamic traditions. I suggest that oil, not Islam, is at fault; and that oil production also explains why women lag behind in many other countries. Oil production reduces the number of women in the labor force, which in turn reduces their political influence. As a result, oil-producing states are left with atypically strong patriarchal norms, laws, and political institutions. I support this argument with global data on oil production, female work patterns, and female political representation, and by comparing oil-rich Algeria to oil-poor Morocco and Tunisia. This argument has implications for the study of the Middle East, Islamic culture, and the resource curse. - Reproduced.  aWomen  aAmerican Political Science Review  aN  a79026  c79026d79026  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 102, Issue no: 1pAR79486r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR