Governing women
Subtitle: women's political effectiveness in contexts of democratization and governance reform
By: edited by Anne Marie Goetz.
Contributors: Goetz, Anne Marie, 1961-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Routledge/UNRISD research in gender and development -- 5
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780415956529
Subjects: Women in politics; Democratization
Description: Using case studies from around the world, the essays in this volume consider the conditions for effective connections between women in civil society and women in politics, for the evolution of political party platforms responsive to women's interests, for local government arrangements that enable women to engage effectively, and for accountability mechanisms that answer to women. -- From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Governing women : will new public space for some women make a difference for all women? / Anne Marie Goetz; title: Crossing the lines : women's social mobilization in Latin America / Virginia Bouvier; title: Consequences of political liberalization and socio-cultural mobilization for women in Algeria, Egypt and Jordan / Marnia Lazreg; title: Transnational feminism and women's human rights : successes and challenges of a political strategy / Brooke A. Ackerly and Bina D'Costa; title: Women, political parties and social movements in South Asia / Amrita Basu; title: Women and political engagement in east-central Europe / Eva Fodor; title: From political sidecars to legislatures : women and party politics in southern Africa / Onalenna Doo Selolwane; title: Political parties and gender in Latin America : an overview of conditions and responsiveness / Teresa Sacchet; title: Decentralizing government and de-centering gender : lessons from local government reform in South Africa / Jo Beall; title: Women in local government in India / Jana Everett; title: Who speaks for whom? women and the politics of presence in Uganda's local governance / Josephine Ahikire; title: Governing women or enabling women to govern : gender and the good governance agenda / Anne Marie Goetz; title: Public administration reform and women in decision making in China / Jie Du; title: Ruling out gender equality? the post-Cold war rule of law agenda in sub-Saharan Africa / Celestine Nyamu-Musembi.