Gender in Third World Politics

Informationen zum Autor The Author Georgina Waylen is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sheffield. Prior to this! she taught at the Universities of Salford and East Anglia. She has researched and published on Colonialism! Gender! Structural Adjustment and Democratization in Latin America and the Caribbean. Klappentext This book puts forward a gendered analysis of third world politics. It uses a wide definition of the political to examine both 'high politics' and political activity at the grassroots! focussing particularly on women's organizations. It also examines the impact of policy and politics on gender relations and on different groups of women. After a general discussion of the major theoretical questions involved in the study of gender in third world politics! and the nature of the third world and development! the analysis is developed through the indepth study of different political formations. These are colonialism! revolution! authoritarianism! and democracy and democratization and uses examples from much of the third world. Gender in Third World Politics * is the only book to provide comprehensive coverage of gender in third world politics * provides a gendered analysis of both 'high politics' and different women's political activity at the grassroots * weaves together material from a wide range of disciplines such as politics! sociology! history! development studies and women's studies Zusammenfassung Presents a gendered analysis of third world politics. This book uses a wide definition of the political to examine 'high politics' and political activity at the grassroots. It focuses on women's organizations. It also examines the impact of policy and politics on gender relations and on various groups of women. Inhaltsverzeichnis Analysing gender in the politics of the third world The third world and development Colonialism Revolution and national liberation struggles Authoritarianism Democratization Conclusion Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Waylen, Georgina Waylen
• Assisted by: Vicky Randall (Editor)
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.01.1996
• EAN: 9780335157709
• ISBN: 978-0-335-15770-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Issues in Third World Politics; UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Politics; UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Politics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics