This book analyzes women entrepreneurs in Muslim countries who are using Islamic values to develop and run small businesses. As a core case study, the authors are using Indonesia as it is the largest Muslim country in the world by population. The project examines supportive policies and economic programs in detail and considers their effects on the businesses of several women entrepreneurs. Additionally, the authors argue that this work-life balance is critical for the definition of a successful female Muslim entrepreneur. The monograph considers whether this new phenomenon indicates a change in the conception of ideal Muslim womanhood or whether it is a limited phenomenon with few impacts beyond Indonesia. The book will appeal to academic and practitioner audience interested in Islam, gender studies, Middle Eastern and South Asian politics, development, anthropology, and social policy.

Analyzes middle class women entrepreneurs in Muslim countries Examines supportive policies and economic programs and their effects on women Appeals to academic and practitioner audience interested in Islam, gender studies, Middle Eastern politics

Autorentext

Minako Sakai is an anthropologist, and is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Research) at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Canberra.

Amelia Fauzia is a social historian, and is Professor and the Director for Social Trust Fund at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta. She is a Senior Visiting Fellow with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Canberra.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Women Entrepreneurs, Islam and the Middle Class.- Chapter 2. Women and Entrepreneurship in Muslim Countries.- Chapter 3. Conditions for the Rise of Muslim Mompreneurs in Indonesia.- Chapter 4. Predicaments of Unmarried Career Women.- Chapter 5. Exemplifying Muslim Mompreneurs in Indonesia.- Chapter 6. To be or not to be a Muslim Mompreneur in Indonesia.- Chapter 7. Negotiating Patriarchy as Contemporary Khadijah and Aishah.