Women and politics around the world : a comparative history and survey /
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| Imprint: | Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, c2009. |
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| Description: | 2 v. (xxxii, 657, I-45 p.) : ill., maps ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Women -- Political activity -- Cross-cultural studies. Women's rights -- Cross-cultural studies. Feminism -- Cross-cultural studies. Feminism. Women -- Political activity. Women's rights. Cross-cultural studies. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7780967 |
Table of Contents:
- v.1. Issues
- Some theoretical perspectives on women in the modern world / Claire E. Rasmussen
- Women and globalization / Candace C. Archer
- Political development and women's status around the world / Farida Jalazai
- Economic development and women / Ranjeeta Basu
- Education for women in comparative perspective / Candice D. Ortbals
- Candidate gender quotas / Mona Lena Krook
- Sexual rights as human rights : resituating feminist analysis of sexual violence in wartime / Jennifer Gaboury
- Carrying the world on her back : reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and women's rights
- Breast-feeding practices, policies, and politics in a global context / Karen M. Kedrowski, Michael E. Lipscomb
- Political pathways to child care policy : the role of gender in state-building / Kristin A. Goss, Shauna L. Shames
- Violence against women / S. Laurel Weldon
- Trafficking and the international market in women and girls / Amy Risley
- Women and microfinance / Susan R. Jones
- v. 2. Country profiles
- Argentina's women : don't cry for us / Magda Hinojosa
- State-society nexus and gender : Armenian women in postcommunist context / Anna Ohanyan
- Australian women : repertoires of change / Gwen Gray, Marian Sawer
- Women and politics in Canada : more image than substance / Alexandra Dobrowolsky
- Chinese women : a social context analysis for understanding gender equality in China / Zhongxin Sun
- Women in Danish politics : challenges to the notion of gender equality / Christina Fiig
- Women in El Salvador : continuing to struggle / Irina Carlota Silber, Jocelyn Viterna
- German women and the quest for gender equality / Nicole Richardt
- India's women : problems, prospects, and progress / Tinaz Pavri
- Japanese women : in pursuit of gender equality / Sherry L. Martin
- A mosaic of women's lives in Mexico / Linda S. Stevenson
- The Middle East and North Africa : social change and women's rights / Valentine M. Moghadam
- From mobilization to organization : women in Mozambique / Jennifer Leigh Disney
- From pioneers to players : women in the Netherlands / Monique Leyenaar
- Beauty troubles : gender and difference in Nigeria's developing democracy / Rita Kiki Edozie
- Russian women : seeking a place in Russian society / Carol Nechemias
- Women in Spain : many goals still to be reached / Celia Valiente
- Women in Swedish politics : an irreversible model of gender equality? / Lenita Freidenvall
- Women in Switzerland : from backwardness to uneven progress / Gesine Fuchs
- Women in Taiwan : the opportunities and limits of socioeconomic and political change for women's empowerment / Cal Clark and Janet Clark
- Thailand : approaches to the gender paradox / Elin Bjarnegård
- Women in the United States / Sarah E. Brewer.
