Niels Spierings: 2 books
Women’s Employment in Muslim Countries
Patterns of Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This book presents a new and nuanced exploration of the position of women in Muslim countries, based on research involving more than 300,000 women in 28 Muslim countries. It addresses topical debates on the role of Islam, modernization, globalization, neocolonialism, educational inequalities, patriarchy, household hierarchies, and more.
Intergenerational consequences of migration
Socio-economic, Family and Cultural Patterns of Stability and Change in Turkey and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This book analyzes the impact of migration on the lives of multiple generations of 2000 Turkish families. Exploring education, marriage, fertility, friends, attitudes and religiosity, it reveals transformations and continuities in the lives of migrants and their families in Europe when compared to their non-migrant counterparts in Turkey.