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Women, politics, and power : a global perspective / Pamela Paxton, The University of Texas at Austin, Melanie M. Hughes, University of Pittsburgh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, CQ Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Third editionDescription: xvi, 497 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm Media type:
ISBN:
  • 9781483376998 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HQ1236 .P39 2017
Contents:
Introduction to women in politics -- Women struggle for the vote: the history of women's suffrage -- Women struggle for representation: accessing positions of power -- Explaining the political representation of women - culture -- Explaining the political representation of women - social structure -- Explaining the political representation of women - politics -- Explaining the political representation of the women - international factors -- Do women make a difference? -- Women from marginalized groups -- Regions: the West and the United States -- Eastern Europe and Central Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North America -- Asia and the Pacific -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Where do we go from here? And how do we get there?
Summary: "Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective offers a clear, detailed introduction to women's political participation and representation across a wide range of countries and regions. This third edition includes more than 100 new studies from the rapidly expanding field of gender and politics." --Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-465) and index.

Introduction to women in politics -- Women struggle for the vote: the history of women's suffrage -- Women struggle for representation: accessing positions of power -- Explaining the political representation of women - culture -- Explaining the political representation of women - social structure -- Explaining the political representation of women - politics -- Explaining the political representation of the women - international factors -- Do women make a difference? -- Women from marginalized groups -- Regions: the West and the United States -- Eastern Europe and Central Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North America -- Asia and the Pacific -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Where do we go from here? And how do we get there?

"Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective offers a clear, detailed introduction to women's political participation and representation across a wide range of countries and regions. This third edition includes more than 100 new studies from the rapidly expanding field of gender and politics." --Back cover.

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