Women and politics in twentieth century Africa and Asia.
Contributors: College of William and Mary. Dept. of Anthropology.
Series: Studies in Third World societies ;; publication no. 16
Publisher: Dept. of Anthropology, College of William and Mary
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Williamsburg, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Women in politics -- Africa; Women in politics -- Asia
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction / Vinson H. Sutlive, Jr.; title: Women's politics in Africa / Kathleen A. Staudt; title: An examination of education, social change, and national development policy, the case of Kenyan women / Beverly Lindsay; title: Muslim Middle Eastern women's participation in violent political conflict / Sandra Danforth; title: The mobilization of Iraqi women into the wage labor force / Suad Joseph; title: Gender, politics, and modernization, the Indian case / Carol C. Mukhopadhyay & Suresht R. Bald; title: "Big women" and politics in a Philippine fishing town / M. Christina Blanc Szanton; title: The politics of healing in Malaysia / Carol Laderman.