FEMINIST ECONOMICS CALL FOR PAPERS
A Special Issue: Gender and Economics in Muslim Communities
General Call for Papers: Information and Instructions

A SPECIAL ISSUE: GENDER AND ECONOMICS IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES
Guest Editors: Ebru Kongar, Jennifer Olmsted, and Elora Shehabuddin

Over the past decade, there has been an increasing recognition of the

importance of understanding economic conditions in a broad range of
contemporary Muslim societies. However, large gaps remain in our knowledge
of the links between gender, economic well-being, and the varying influences
of religion due to gender-blind analyses and unexplored assumptions and
generalizations regarding Muslim women¹s experiences.

This special issue, planned for online publication in 2013 and print in
2014, aims to provide a forum for rethinking the study of socioeconomic
policies and processes that impinge on women¹s and men¹s lives in Muslim
families, communities, and countries around the world. We seek contributions
that interrogate the prevailing discourses and explore new insights into
women¹s economic well-being in Muslim communities. Of special interest are
submissions that pay attention to women¹s agency and voice and the
intersections between religion, gender, class, and ethnicity in the analysis
of outcomes. Submissions that rely on a variety of methodologies and
research methods, including interpretive and quantitative methodologies
(such as country-level or cross-country analyses), are welcome. Feminist
Economics very much encourages submissions from the Global South and
Central/Eastern Europe.

Contributions may cover diverse topics, including but not limited to:

* New theoretical frameworks exploring the links between women¹s
economic lives and Muslim laws and religious practices
* The effects of international migration and trade on Muslim women and
children
* Gendered influences of colonialism and military conflict on Muslim
communities
* Gendered impacts of macroeconomic, social-protection, and
poverty-reduction policies
* Feminist critiques of state and international policies toward Muslim
communities and countries

Deadline for abstracts:
Please direct queries and abstracts (500 words maximum) to the Guest
Editors: Ebru Kongar, Jennifer Olmsted, and Elora Shehabuddin at
gemc@drew.edu no later than 15 August 2010. After approval of abstracts,
final papers will be due 15 February 2011 and should be submitted to
Feminist Economics through the submissions website
(http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rfec). Questions about these procedures may
be sent to feministeconomics@rice.edu

For more information:

http://www.feministeconomics.org/issues.html