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Author Hawkesworth, M. E., 1952-

Title Political worlds of women : activism, advocacy, and governance in the twenty-first century / Mary Hawkesworth
Published Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 432 pages) : illustrations
Contents Political worlds of women : introduction -- Political leadership, gendered institutions, and the politics of exclusion -- From demography to development : women's worlds and the politics of knowledge -- Producing raced-gendered citizens -- From the politics of identity to identity politics -- Engaging the state -- Promoting equality through policymaking and policy -- International and transnational political activism -- Virtual politics -- Political worlds of women : future prospects
Summary A thorough introduction to women's political struggles in the local, national, regional, transnational, and international contexts, and an essential resource for students and scholars of women's studies and gender politics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women political activists -- History -- 21st century
Sex discrimination against women.
Women's rights.
Feminism.
feminism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Feminism
Sex discrimination against women
Women political activists
Women's rights
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011046762
ISBN 9780813344966
0813344964
9781281827104
128182710X