Kabeer, Naila; Khan, Ayesha - In: Feminist Economics 20 (2014) 3, pp. 1-24
There has been an ideological tug-of-war over women's place in Afghan society from the early years of the twentieth century between the modernizing tendencies of its urban-based elite and the forces of conservatism represented by the Islamic <italic>ulema</italic> (religious leaders). Following the US-led...