Women and politics worldwide
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Women and politics worldwide
Yale University Press, c1994
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Includes bibliographical notes, list of contributors (p. [787]-796), and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780300054071
Description
This is the first book to analyse the complexities of women's political participation on a cross-national scale and from a feminist perspective. Surveying forty-three countries, chosen to represent a variety of political systems, regions, and levels of economic development, questions of women's status, power, means, and methods of reform, are addressed on a global scale.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Redefining Politics: Patterns of Women's Political Engagement from a Global Perspective
- Research, Design and Practice: Methodological Issues in Feminist Comparative Politics Research
- Global Research on Women's Political Engagement: The History of the Women and Politics Worldwide Project
- Measuring Women's Status, Portraying Women's Lives: Problems in Collecting Data on Women's Experiences. Part 2: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia (former), Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Peru, The Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Turkey, U.S.S.R.(former), United States, Uruguay, Appendix.
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: pbk ISBN 9780300054088
Description
To what extent do women participate in the decisions that shape the political and economic contours of the world? In what ways do women in different countries have different political goals? How should women mobilize for change?
This important book-the first to analyze the complexities of women's political participation on a cross-national scale and from a feminist perspective-surveys forty-three countries, chosen to represent a variety of political systems, levels of economic development, and regions, in order to answer these questions. The research definitively demonstrates that in no country do women have political status, access, or influence equal to men's.
The book begins by offering an expanded definition of political engagement; by elaborating on the patterns that emerge from the study; and by describing the methodology and data collection. The rest of the chapters focus on individual countries and follow a set format: they describe the political history and institutions in the country, summarize the organization of women's movements there, and analyze how groups of women articulate political demands and what responses they receive from their government or community. While the contexts of activism vary widely, the authors find that the issues that engage women politically are often similar across the globe: these include resistance to militarism, the desire to become equal partners in new democracies, and frustration about their lack of representation in programs for economic development.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Redefining Politics: Patterns of Women's Political Engagement from a Global Perspective
- Research, Design and Practice: Methodological Issues in Feminist Comparative Politics Research
- Global Research on Women's Political Engagement: The History of the Women and Politics Worldwide Project
- Measuring Women's Status, Portraying Women's Lives: Problems in Collecting Data on Women's Experiences. Part 2: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia (former), Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Peru, The Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Turkey, U.S.S.R.(former), United States, Uruguay, Appendix.
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