Through the Political Glass Ceiling - Race to Prime Ministership by Trinidad and Tobago's First Female, Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Publisher: Kris Rampersad
Published: 2010
Place of publication: St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 978-976-8228-00-0 9
Description: Through the Political Glass Ceiling captures the build-up to the election of Kamla Persad-Bissessar as the first woman Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago with historical and socio-cultural analyses and contexts that examine the role of gender, culture and geography in the politics of this developing country.
This book presents the paradox of politics and society in Trinidad and Tobago in the context of the contest for leadership between the country's longest standing political entity, the People's National Movement, and the first female leader of a political party, United National Congress' Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
It sets selected speeches of Persad-Bissessar against the backdrop of multiculturalism, gender, and geo-politics with refreshing insights into the interplay between minority and dominant political ideologies as post-Independent T&T struggles for articulation and definition of a truly encompassing national identity.
Ranging through the country's experiences with political parties under Dr Eric Williams, through the period of the National Alliance for Reconstruction and ANR Robinson to the period of voting deadlock at the turn of the century involving Basdeo Panday and Patrick Manning, it presents the situations and contexts of Persad-Bissessar's controversial political career.
In doing so, it provides roadmaps of Persad-Bissessar's journey to T&T's highest political offices, through to the defining moments of the May 2010 snap election.
It is compiled with introduction and contexts by Dr Kris Rampersad, a journalist, researcher, educator, writer and publisher who has been has exploring the diversity of Caribbean society and cultures for some 20 years.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction - A clash of political cultures: Cultural Diversity and Minority Politics in Trinidad and Tobago by Kris Rampersad; title: Charts & Graphs: Political Parties in T&T over the years; title: World's Female Attorney Generals; title: World's Female World's Female Party Leaders; title: Milestones - Kamla Persad-Bissessar; title: Photographs; title: Section 1: Stepping through the glass ceiling : Decisive moments in political decision-making; title: For 1.3 million reason ‘No Woman No Cry’ UNC Victory Rally; title: Towards leadership of tomorrow Declaration to contest UNC leadership; title: Section II: The Vision  National & Political Unity; title: Rock of a political vision; title: The People’s Partnership; title: Together as pelau Tunapuna; title: On common ground COP National Assembly; title: Unite in common cause; title: So many voices -Voice of the People Rally; title: A brave new world Joint Platform, Fyzabad; title: Charlie King and the People’s Partnership; title: Section III   Gender: to be woman and leader; title: Reach out and help men Hindu Women's Organisation; title: Rights no one can take IWD, InterClub; title: High price in gender conflicts, Hindu Women's Ognaisation; title: Hindu women’s role not static, Divali Nagar; title: Women’s needs in all government programmes:on Domestic Violence; title: Foreign models don’t apply to women’s equal rights Equal Opportunity Legislation; title: Share your experiences, National Secretaries Association; title: Section IV Eternal Vigilance - Statements & Messages; title: Call election now Statement at Piarco Airport; title: Manning's surrender Following announcement to dissolve Parliament; title: Denial of re-entry to Obama strategist; title: Emergency arrangements for Summit; title: Failing health system caused Jada’s death; title: Irregular procedure by House Speaker; title: Labour Movement: partner in transformation, Labour Day Messag; title: In Service of Community; title: Modern processes to form companies Seminar on New Companies Act; title: Violence against women increase AIDS, World Aids Day; title: Section V         A Woman’s Place is in the House ... of Parliament; title: As Leader of the Opposition; title: Public duty to resign, Resignation of UDeCott Board; title: Challenged by technology Panday’s Suspension of using laptop; title: Vicious slips from Prime Minister, Bill to amend Central Bank Act; title: Try saving, not spending Adoption of Finance Committee Report; title: A rubber-stamp Parliament, Caribbean Court of Justice Headquarters Bill; title: A port in a storm Property Tax Bill; title: Budget Responses Woman power unleashed on Budget; title: Top Ten Budget Priorities; title: Stale budget of recurring decimals; title: Exorbitant expenditure; title: Can’t make love on hungry belly; title: Unreasonable and unjustifiable, Annulment RHA (Conduct) Regulations; title: Borrow more, squander more Increasing borrowing, Development Loans Act; title: Tempering Divine Rights of Emperors Finance Committee Report; title: Piece, piece; drip, drip Pensions (Amdt.) (No.2) Bill; title: As Attorney General; title: Stamping out of dinosaur age Stamp Duty (Validation) Bill; title: As Minister of Legal Affairs; title: A matter of consultation Teaching Service (Compensation) Bill; title: As Minister of Education; title: A place for every child Debate, Finance Committee Report; title: Preparing every child for changing world, 2001-2002 Budget Debate; title: Increasing our skills bank; title: House Debate, Immigration (Caribbean Nationals) Bill; title: Questions to Ministers; title: To Ministry of Education - Total Costs of Advertisements; title: Details of Secondary Entrance Assessment; title: On matters of urgent public importance; title: Not because they are poor; title: On Eviction threat to Malick Residents; title: Ravaged & Brutalised Statement on Pornography & Rape in Schools in Parliament; title: A Matter of Privilege; title: Misleading the House Privileges—Senator Hazel Manning; title: Kamla V Karen Motion for Revocation of Appointment Minister of Finance; title: Matters of Integrity; title: Incompetence. Mismanagement. Corruption Municipal Corporations (Amendment.) Bill; title: Disease of Corruption Integrity in Public Life (Amendment) Act; title: Appendices; title: Abbreviations; title: Timeline – Key Events