Women and Power in Postconflict Africa

Informationen zum Autor Aili Tripp is Professor of Political Science and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is author of several award-winning books, including Museveni's Uganda: Paradoxes of Power in a Hybrid Regime (2010), African Women's Movements: Transforming Political Landscapes (Cambridge, 2009), and Women and Politics in Uganda (2000). Professor Tripp is co-editor of the book series Women in Africa and the Diaspora. She has served as president of the African Studies Association and vice president of the American Political Science Association. Klappentext This book explains why women's rights are improving more rapidly in post-conflict countries in Africa than elsewhere on the continent. Zusammenfassung This book explains why women's rights and rates of political leadership are improving more rapidly in post-conflict countries in Africa than elsewhere on the continent. It provides original theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of women! peace and security as well as to the political science literature on post-conflict transitions and peacebuilding. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Setting the Stage: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Pathways to change in political gender regimes; Part II. Case Studies: 3. Uganda: forging a new trajectory; 4. Liberia: the power of fighting for peace; 5. Angola: the limits of post-conflict gender policy reform; Part III. New Openings for Women's Rights: 6. Women's rights in peace agreements; 7. Women's rights in post-conflict constitutions; Part IV. Gendered Outcomes: 8. Women and leadership in post-conflict countries; 9. Women's rights and post-conflict legislative reform; Part V. Future Research: 10. New frontiers in the study of women, conflict, and peace.

Product details

• Authors: Jena Martin, Aili Tripp, Aili Mari Tripp, Aili Mari (University of Wisconsin Tripp, Aili Mari Martin Tripp, Tripp Aili Mari
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107535879
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53587-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics; Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Comparative Politics, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Human rights, civil rights, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019