Women in the South African Parliament
Subtitle: FROM RESISTANCE TO GOVERNANCE
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: August 29, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780252030130
Subjects: Central government; Social Science; Gender Studies; Sociology; Africa; Africa - General; Government - Legislative Branch; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Women's Studies; General; 1994-; Politics and government; South Africa; Women in politics; Women legislators
First sentence: Through its history of identity politics, the legacy of apartheid, and the methods of its liberation struggle, South Africa demonstrates how processes of liberalization, negotiation, and consolidation can be manifested within a potentially explosive atmosphere.
Description: "Although the international press closely chronicled the dismantling of South Africa's apartheid policies, it paid little attention to the unique role women from a variety of political parties played in establishing the new government. In this play-by-play account analyzing how South African women gained national office, secured constitutional protection, and won legislative reform, Hannah E. Britton utilizes interviews, participant observation, and archival research to tell an inspiring story of liberation. Women in the South African Parliament shows how these women achieved electoral success, learned to work with lifelong enemies, and began to transform Parliament by creating more space for women's voices during a critical time in the life of their democracy."--BOOK JACKET.