Bozena C. Welborne is an Assistant Professor in the department of Government at Smith College. Her research explores the impact of financial globalization on institutional reform and social change in the Middle East and North Africa with a focus on gender. Welborne is also a principal author of the book, The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States, which showcases results from the largest academic survey of Muslim-American women inquiring into their Islamic practice and politicization.

• Chapter 1: An Introduction: Gendered Rentierism in the Arab World.- Chapter 2: State Feminism and Gender Rentierism.- Chapter 3: Foreign Aid and Virtue Signaling .- Chapter 4: The Gender Paradox of Remittances.- Chapter 5: Independents, Women’s Work, and Oil Rents.- Chapter 6. Gender Rentierism—a Curse or an Opportunity for Women?

Bozena C. Welborne is an Assistant Professor in the department of Government at Smith College. Her research explores the impact of financial globalization on institutional reform and social change in the Middle East and North Africa with a focus on gender. Welborne is also a principal author of the book, The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States, which showcases results from the largest academic survey of Muslim-American women inquiring into their Islamic practice and politicization.

• Chapter 1: An Introduction: Gendered Rentierism in the Arab World.- Chapter 2: State Feminism and Gender Rentierism.- Chapter 3: Foreign Aid and Virtue Signaling .- Chapter 4: The Gender Paradox of Remittances.- Chapter 5: Independents, Women’s Work, and Oil Rents.- Chapter 6. Gender Rentierism—a Curse or an Opportunity for Women?

Bozena C. Welborne is an Assistant Professor in the department of Government at Smith College. Her research explores the impact of financial globalization on institutional reform and social change in the Middle East and North Africa with a focus on gender. Welborne is also a principal author of the book, The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States, which showcases results from the largest academic survey of Muslim-American women inquiring into their Islamic practice and politicization.

• Chapter 1: An Introduction: Gendered Rentierism in the Arab World.- Chapter 2: State Feminism and Gender Rentierism.- Chapter 3: Foreign Aid and Virtue Signaling .- Chapter 4: The Gender Paradox of Remittances.- Chapter 5: Independents, Women’s Work, and Oil Rents.- Chapter 6. Gender Rentierism—a Curse or an Opportunity for Women?