Women in politics : gender, power and development /
Women in politics : gender, power and development /
edited by Mariz Tadros.
- London ; New York : Zed Books ; 2014
- x, 294 pages ; 22 cm.
- Feminisms and development .
- Feminisms and development. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Politics as Service: Pathways of District Assembly Women in Ghana / Takyiwaa Manuh -- 2.Exceptional Women: Reserved Councillors in Municipal Corporations in Bangladesh / Bayazid Hasan -- 3.Ejecting Women from Formal Politics in the 'Old-New' Egypt (2011--12) / Mariz Tadros -- 4.Local Power and Women's Empowerment in a Conflict Context: Palestinian Women Contesting Power in Chaos / Islahjad -- 5.Pathways to Political Power in Sudan / Sara Abbas -- 6.Crafting Political Pathways through the Exclusionary Mesh in India / Kanchan Mathur -- 7.Independent Candidacy: An Alternative Political Pathway for Women in Sierra Leone? / Hussaina J. Abdullah -- 8.Conservative Modernization in Brazil: Blocking Local Women's Political Pathways to Power / Andrea Cornwall.
9781783600533 1783600535 9781783600526 1783600527
2014469474
GBB429748 bnb
016650655 Uk
Women--Political activity--Developing countries.
HQ1236.D44 / W66 2014
305.42091724
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Politics as Service: Pathways of District Assembly Women in Ghana / Takyiwaa Manuh -- 2.Exceptional Women: Reserved Councillors in Municipal Corporations in Bangladesh / Bayazid Hasan -- 3.Ejecting Women from Formal Politics in the 'Old-New' Egypt (2011--12) / Mariz Tadros -- 4.Local Power and Women's Empowerment in a Conflict Context: Palestinian Women Contesting Power in Chaos / Islahjad -- 5.Pathways to Political Power in Sudan / Sara Abbas -- 6.Crafting Political Pathways through the Exclusionary Mesh in India / Kanchan Mathur -- 7.Independent Candidacy: An Alternative Political Pathway for Women in Sierra Leone? / Hussaina J. Abdullah -- 8.Conservative Modernization in Brazil: Blocking Local Women's Political Pathways to Power / Andrea Cornwall.
9781783600533 1783600535 9781783600526 1783600527
2014469474
GBB429748 bnb
016650655 Uk
Women--Political activity--Developing countries.
HQ1236.D44 / W66 2014
305.42091724