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Make-up in Iran; Offshoring

Offshoring - The Economy of Secrecy: Laurie Taylor explores the myriad clandestine activities that go beyond the simple concealment of wealth. Also, Iranian women's use of make-up.

Offshoring - the economy of secrecy. The concealment of wealth in tax havens is part of public debate, but John Urry, Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University, argues that offshore worlds now also involve relations of work, pleasure, energy and security. He talks to Laurie Taylor about new patterns of power which pose huge challenges to democratic government.

Also, Dr Aliakbar Jafari, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing at the University of Strathclyde, discusses his research on Iranian women's use of make up, as a form of escape and self expression. He's joined by Dr Ziba Mir Hosseini, Professorial Research Associate at the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law at the School for Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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John Urry

Distinguished Professor in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University


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Offshoring
Publisher: Polity Press
ISBN-10: 0745664857
ISBN-13: 978-0745664859

Aliakbar Jafari

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing, Strathclyde University


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Abstract: Escaping into the world of make-up routines in Iran
Jafari, A. and Maclaran, P.

The Sociological Review
doi: 10.1111/1467-954X.12112

Ziba Mir Hosseini

Professorial Research Associate at the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, SOAS, University of London


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Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law: Justice and Ethics in the Islamic Legal Tradition
Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Lena Larsen, Kari Vogt, Christian Moe (Authors/Editors)
Publisher: Tauris Academic Studies
ISBN-10: 1848859228
ISBN-13: 978-1848859227

Article: Feminist voices in Islam: promise and potential

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