Women in politics : gender, power and development

Women in politics : gender, power and development / edited by Mariz Tadros.

Other author/creator	Tadros, Mariz, 1975-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	London ; New York : Zed Books, [2014]
Description	x, 294 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject(s)	Women--Political activity --Developing countries.

Series	Feminisms and development Feminisms and development. ^A1257366
Contents	Introduction. Engaging politically : rethinking women's pathways to power / Mariz Tadros -- Politics as service : pathways of district assembly women in Ghana / Takyiwaa Manuh -- Exceptional women : reserved councillors in municipal corporations in Bangladesh / Sohela Hazneen, Iqbal Ehsan and Bayazid Hasan -- Ejecting women from formal politics in the 'old-new' Egypt (2011-12) / Mariz Tadros -- Local power and women's empowerment in a conflict context : Palestinian women contesting power in chaos / Islah Jad -- Pathways to political power in Sudan / Sara Abbas -- Crafting political pathways through the exclusionary Mesh in India / Kanchan Mathur -- Independent candidacy : an alternative political pathway for women in Sierra Leone? / Hussaina J. Abdullah -- Conservative modernization in Brazil : blocking local women's political pathways to power / Ana Alice Alcantara Costa and Andrea Cornwall.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2014469474
ISBN	9781783600533
ISBN	1783600535
ISBN	9781783600526
ISBN	1783600527

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HQ1236 .D44 W66 2014	✔ Available	Place Hold