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This unique book presents all 73 female presidents and prime ministers from around the world, from 1960 (when the first was elected) to 2010, through a series of fascinating case studies that discuss the motives, achievements and life stories of these women of power.
List of contents
Preface;
Introduction;
Breakthrough on several continents;
Women in politics;
Western industrial countries I;
'Roaring she-tigers' in South Asia;
Equilibrists in East Asia;
Machism, marianism, modernism in Latin America;
Lopsided democracies in the Caribbean;
'Big Chiefs' in sub-Saharan Africa;
Eastern Bloc from communism to capitalism;
Western industrial countries II;
Where women rose to the top;
When women made it.
About the author
Torild Skard is a senior researcher in women's studies at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs in Oslo, specialising in women in politics. A pioneer in the women's movement nationally and internationally, she was formerly an MP and the first woman president of the Norwegian Upper House. She has also been director for the Status of Women in UNESCO Paris, regional director in UNICEF West and Central Africa and director general in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has written numerous books and articles on women's issues, particularly women in politics, and travels widely, studying and promoting the status of women.
Summary
This unique book presents all 73 female presidents and prime ministers from around the world, from 1960 (when the first was elected) to 2010, through a series of fascinating case studies that discuss the motives, achievements and life stories of these women of power.
