Women and politics around the world
Subtitle: a comparative history and survey
By: [edited by] Joyce Gelb, Marian Lief Palley.
Contributors: Gelb, Joyce, 1940-; Palley, Marian Lief, 1939-
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 657
ISBN-13: 9781851099887; 9781851099894
Subjects: Women in politics -- Cross-cultural studies; Women's rights -- Cross-cultural studies; Feminism -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical reflections on gender; title: Women and globalization; title: Political development and women's status around the world; title: Economic development and women; title: Education for women in comparative perspective; title: Candidate gender quotas; title: Sexual rights as human rights : resituating feminist analysis of sexual violence in wartime; title: Health policy; title: Breastfeeding practices, policies and politics in a global context; title: Political pathways to child care policy : the role of gender state-building; title: Violence against women; title: Trafficking and the international market in women and girls; title: Women and microfinance; title: Argentina; title: Armenia; title: Australia; title: Canada; title: China; title: Denmark; title: El Salvador; title: Germany; title: India; title: Japan; title: Mexico; title: Middle East/North; title: Mozambique; title: Netherlands; title: Nigeria; title: Russia; title: Spain; title: Sweden; title: Switzerland; title: Taiwan; title: Thailand; title: United States.