Women of Power: Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers WorldwidePolicy Press, 30.7.2014 - 576 sivua CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2015 Do women national leaders represent a breakthrough for the women’s movement, or is women’s leadership weaker than the numbers imply? This unique book, written by an experienced politician and academic, is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of how and why women in 53 countries rose to the top in the years since World War II. Packed with fascinating case studies detailing the rise to power of all 73 female presidents and prime ministers from around the world, from 1960 (when the first was elected) to 2010, the motives, achievements and life stories of the female top leaders, including findings from interviews carried out by the author, provide a nuanced picture of women in power. The book will have wide international appeal to students, academics, government officials, women’s rights activists and political activists, as well as anyone interested in international affairs, politics, social issues, gender and equality. |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 88
Sivu 1
... presidents and prime ministers, but male dominance continued. All the presidents and prime ministers were men. There were a few ruling queens, but their positions were inherited and their role, to a large extent, was ceremonial.1 ...
... presidents and prime ministers, but male dominance continued. All the presidents and prime ministers were men. There were a few ruling queens, but their positions were inherited and their role, to a large extent, was ceremonial.1 ...
Sivu 3
... presidents and prime ministers remains limited, it is important to include all of them to be able to describe not only ... presidential or prime ministerial office. So, this study comprises all the women presidents and prime ministers ...
... presidents and prime ministers remains limited, it is important to include all of them to be able to describe not only ... presidential or prime ministerial office. So, this study comprises all the women presidents and prime ministers ...
Sivu 15
Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide Skard, Torild. Buddhism was given first place as the ... presidential commission found her guilty of 'undemocratic excesses' (Malhotra, 2003: 239). Thirty-four from the ...
Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide Skard, Torild. Buddhism was given first place as the ... presidential commission found her guilty of 'undemocratic excesses' (Malhotra, 2003: 239). Thirty-four from the ...
Sivu 37
Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide Skard, Torild. and began energetically reorganising the ... presidential executive. But she had very little political experience. She came to power because of her husband ...
Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide Skard, Torild. and began energetically reorganising the ... presidential executive. But she had very little political experience. She came to power because of her husband ...
Sivu 38
Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide Skard, Torild. was called. But the two had little in common ... presidential elections in 1946 and ruled as a de facto dictator for nearly 10 years. He founded the populist ...
Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide Skard, Torild. was called. But the two had little in common ... presidential elections in 1946 and ruled as a de facto dictator for nearly 10 years. He founded the populist ...
Sisältö
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7 | |
background approaches research | 53 |
women are able in various ways | 83 |
4 Roaring SheTigers in South Asia | 121 |
5 Equilibrists in East Asia | 161 |
6 Machismo marianismo and modernism in Latin America | 197 |
7 Lopsided democracies in the Caribbean | 253 |
from communism to capitalism | 321 |
womanpower and defeat | 375 |
summary of the regional chapters1 | 439 |
overview variation trends | 461 |
Notes | 501 |
Bibliography in original languages | 517 |
women presidents and prime ministers 19602010a positions and terms of office when first came to power | 561 |
Index | 565 |
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
Women of Power: Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers ... Torild Skard Rajoitettu esikatselu - 2015 |
Women of power: Half a century of female presidents and prime ministers ... Skard, Torild Rajoitettu esikatselu - 2014 |
Women of power: Half a century of female presidents and prime ministers ... Skard, Torild Rajoitettu esikatselu - 2014 |
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
active Africa Angela Merkel appointed authoritarian Bachelet Bandaranaike became prime minister Benazir Bhutto Brundtland cabinet candidate Caribbean CEDAW cent women Chamorro Çiller coalition Communist corruption countries country’s criticised democracy democratic democratisation Domitien economic elected president Elisabeth Domitien Eugenia Charles father female feminist gender equality Golda Golda Meir Gro Harlem Brundtland groups Hasina head husband increased independent Indira Gandhi Isabel Perón Janet Jagan Labour Latin America leadership majority male Margaret Thatcher Mary McAleese Megawati Meir Merkel military mother number of women parliamentary participated party leader People’s Perón policies political parties politicians population position presidential presidential systems prime minister quotas re-elected regime representation of women role Senate Sheikh Hasina Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirleaf social Thatcher took Tymoshenko vice president vote woman women in parliament women leaders women ministers women top leaders women’s issues women’s movement women’s organisations women’s rights