Women and Politics Worldwide

By - Nelson, Barbara J , Caudhurī, Nājamā

Floor - Floor 1

ISBN 10 - 0300054084

ISBN 13 - 9780300054088

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Women--Political activity

Shelf No - 14

Call Number - 320.082 WOM

Physical Description - xi, 818 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 25 cm

Notes - Includes Index

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This is the first book to analyse the complexities of women's political participation on a cross-national scale and from a feminist perspective. Surveying forty-three countries, chosen to represent a variety of political systems, regions, and levels of ecomic development, questions of women's status, power, means, and methods of reform, are addressed on a global scale. Includes chapters on the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia(former), Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Rebpublic of(South Korea), Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Peru, The Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Turkey, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics(former), United States, Uruguay.

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