TY - BOOK AU - Paxton,Pamela Marie AU - Hughes,Melanie M. TI - Women, politics, and power: a global perspective SN - 9781483376998 (pbk.) AV - HQ1236 .P39 2017 PY - 2017///] CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE, CQ Press KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Representative government and representation KW - fast N1 - 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? N2 - "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." ER -