Women in Power - World Leaders Since 1960

Informationen zum Autor Gunhild Hoogensen, Bruce O. Solheim Klappentext Women in Power profiles 22 world leaders who have held the top positions of political power since 1960. Each chapter is devoted to a region of the world. In addition to providing an overview of the political careers of the women who emerged as leaders in these regions, the authors examine the political systems of each region in terms of the involvement of women in politics.Biographies of these political leaders are embedded within regional analyses that reveal not only the personal circumstances that each woman faced in her quest for power but also the political milieu from which she emerged. We learn about the obstacles as well as the advantages these women faced, and we derive insights into the structures that exist in our own societies regarding the power relations between men and women. Women in Power also devotes a chapter to differing theories of women's leadership and various theories of feminism around the world. Finally, in an effort to understand how the United States can appear to be the bastion of women's liberation around the world and yet have only 15 percent representation of women in power and no female president to date, the authors explore prospects for the upcoming 2008 U.S. presidential election and discuss potential candidates. Zusammenfassung Presents profiles of 22 women who have been world leaders since 1960. This work contains biographies of the political leaders! embedded within regional analyses that reveal the personal circumstances that each woman faced in her quest for power! and also the political milieu from which she emerged. Inhaltsverzeichnis Tables and Figures Preface Introduction Theory Africa and the Middle East Asia EuropeThe Americas Conclusion Appendix Selected Bibliography Index

List of contents

Tables and Figures
Preface
Introduction
Theory
Africa and the Middle East
Asia
EuropeThe Americas
Conclusion
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Index

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Gunhild Hoogensen, Bruce O. Solheim

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• Authors: Gunhild Hoogensen, Gunhild/ Solheim Hoogensen, Hoogensen Gunhild, Bruce Solheim, Bruce O. Solheim, Bruce Olav Solheim
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2006
• EAN: 9780275981907
• ISBN: 978-0-275-98190-7
• No. of pages: 179
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political leaders & leadership, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Political leaders and leadership, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Women's Studies: Politics and Law