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"Women's Empowerment and Disempowerment in Brazil uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate how Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's first female president, shaped women's political empowerment in her country and what the implications of these findings may be for women's executive leadership globally"--
About the author
Pedro A. G. dos Santos is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in Minnesota. He has two main areas of research in Brazilian politics: women’s representation in the legislative and executive, and the rise of evangelical politicians in the country. He has published various book chapters as well as journal articles in
Latin American Politics and Society, Politics & Gender, and
Opinião Pública.
Farida Jalalzai is Associate Dean of Global Initiatives and Engagement in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences and Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. She is the author of
Shattered, Cracked, or Firmly Intact: Women and the Executive Glass Ceiling Worldwide,
Women Presidents of Latin America: Beyond Family Ties? and co-editor of
Measuring Women's Political Empowerment Across the Globe.
