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 81
Sivu 21
... policies were diametrically opposed to hers and those of her father. And she felt that she had it in her to become a leader. She quoted from a poem by Robert Frost to her son Rajiv: 'To be king is within the situation and within me ...
... policies were diametrically opposed to hers and those of her father. And she felt that she had it in her to become a leader. She quoted from a poem by Robert Frost to her son Rajiv: 'To be king is within the situation and within me ...
Sivu 22
... policies challenged proprietors and the business community, but improved the conditions of religious minorities and low-caste Hindus. In order to finance the development plans, India received assistance from abroad and food was imported ...
... policies challenged proprietors and the business community, but improved the conditions of religious minorities and low-caste Hindus. In order to finance the development plans, India received assistance from abroad and food was imported ...
Sivu 38
... policies provoked the upper class, the rural population, intellectuals and parts of the military. Inflation, corruption and oppression also led to growing popular discontent. In 1955, Juan Perón had to flee during a military coup. It ...
... policies provoked the upper class, the rural population, intellectuals and parts of the military. Inflation, corruption and oppression also led to growing popular discontent. In 1955, Juan Perón had to flee during a military coup. It ...
Sivu 41
... policies, but they only consisted of a vague and authoritarian nationalist populism, and Isabel Perón lacked political knowledge, experience and leadership training, particularly in a crisis situation. Contrary to her husband's advice ...
... policies, but they only consisted of a vague and authoritarian nationalist populism, and Isabel Perón lacked political knowledge, experience and leadership training, particularly in a crisis situation. Contrary to her husband's advice ...
Sivu 44
... policies were volatile and arbitrary, with widespread corruption, waste and abuse of power. The population was brutally oppressed by purges, imprisonment and murder. Eventually, megalomania took over. In 1972, Bokassa declared himself ...
... policies were volatile and arbitrary, with widespread corruption, waste and abuse of power. The population was brutally oppressed by purges, imprisonment and murder. Eventually, megalomania took over. In 1972, Bokassa declared himself ...
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