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 6 - 10 kokonaismäärästä 30
Sivu 8
... Sirimavo's husband, SWRD Bandaranaike, was a politician. He was educated in Oxford, became a lawyer and played a central role in Ceylon's transition from a colony to an independent state. Ceylon was a poor country, divided into castes ...
... Sirimavo's husband, SWRD Bandaranaike, was a politician. He was educated in Oxford, became a lawyer and played a central role in Ceylon's transition from a colony to an independent state. Ceylon was a poor country, divided into castes ...
Sivu 9
... Sirimavo Bandaranaike belonged to the elite, and being the daughter of a noble Kandy family, she was brought up to serve. She sought support in front of the Buddha altar in her small meditation room and then accepted, hesitantly, to ...
... Sirimavo Bandaranaike belonged to the elite, and being the daughter of a noble Kandy family, she was brought up to serve. She sought support in front of the Buddha altar in her small meditation room and then accepted, hesitantly, to ...
Sivu 10
... Sirimavo Bandaranaike was unanimously elected as party leader, and this was no temporary function. She kept the position for several decades and led the party as determinedly as her husband had done before her. Prophecy fails The first ...
... Sirimavo Bandaranaike was unanimously elected as party leader, and this was no temporary function. She kept the position for several decades and led the party as determinedly as her husband had done before her. Prophecy fails The first ...
Sivu 11
... Sirimavo Bandaranaike became a dominant force in Sri Lankan politics, was prime minister three times for a total of nearly 18 years, and her daughter Chandrika continued the family tradition. Only a 'kitchen woman'? Sirima Ratwatte Dias ...
... Sirimavo Bandaranaike became a dominant force in Sri Lankan politics, was prime minister three times for a total of nearly 18 years, and her daughter Chandrika continued the family tradition. Only a 'kitchen woman'? Sirima Ratwatte Dias ...
Sivu 12
... Sirimavo Bandaranaike was intelligent and quick to learn, and had great inner strength, courage and commitment. She was more resolute than her husband. Once she had decided something, no one could persuade her from it. Some describe her ...
... Sirimavo Bandaranaike was intelligent and quick to learn, and had great inner strength, courage and commitment. She was more resolute than her husband. Once she had decided something, no one could persuade her from it. Some describe her ...
Sisältö
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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