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 83
Sivu ix
... Women's Rights (NKF), established in 1884, and fought for the right to vote ... women's right to paid work during the recession in the 1930s. She became a ... issues. I became chair of the club and even chair of the student parliament ...
... Women's Rights (NKF), established in 1884, and fought for the right to vote ... women's right to paid work during the recession in the 1930s. She became a ... issues. I became chair of the club and even chair of the student parliament ...
Sivu x
... Women's liberation' was hotly debated, and angry female voices demanded more women in decision-making. In 1971, a 'women's ... issues. I got a job as a lecturer in the social sciences at the University of Tromsø, in the north of Norway ...
... Women's liberation' was hotly debated, and angry female voices demanded more women in decision-making. In 1971, a 'women's ... issues. I got a job as a lecturer in the social sciences at the University of Tromsø, in the north of Norway ...
Sivu xi
... women's issues through in parliament, even though the women's movement was broad and active and women MPs from different parties collaborated. Personally, I felt that I was constantly pushed to be either a woman or a politician, because ...
... women's issues through in parliament, even though the women's movement was broad and active and women MPs from different parties collaborated. Personally, I felt that I was constantly pushed to be either a woman or a politician, because ...
Sivu xii
... women not just in UNESCO, but in almost all the United Nations (UN) agencies and development banks as well. Norway was a member of many of the executive boards and a driving force internationally in terms of women's issues. We had a ...
... women not just in UNESCO, but in almost all the United Nations (UN) agencies and development banks as well. Norway was a member of many of the executive boards and a driving force internationally in terms of women's issues. We had a ...
Sivu 13
... women's issues or women as a target group (Seneviratne, 1975: 179; Rupesinghe, 2008). She did not come to power as the result of an active women's movement, and it is unclear how much impact her gender actually had on her policy. Some ...
... women's issues or women as a target group (Seneviratne, 1975: 179; Rupesinghe, 2008). She did not come to power as the result of an active women's movement, and it is unclear how much impact her gender actually had on her policy. Some ...
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 |
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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