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1 online resource (265 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Acronyms; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; The Sociopolitical History; Gender, Politics, and Affirmative Action: A Precursor; The Conceptual Design; Overview of the Book; Notes; 2 Profiles of Five Political Women; Miria Matembe; Rhoda Kalema; Betty Bigombe; Cecilia Ogwal; Naava Nabagesera; Preliminary Issues Raised by the Life Histories; Notes; 3 Gender and the Politics of Parliamentary Representation; Popular Democracy in Uganda; Standing for"" Representation |
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Acting for"" RepresentationNotes; 4 Women in the Parliamentary Electoral Process; Campaigns and Gender Identities; The FOWODE Workshop; Notes; 5 The Gender Dynamics of Intraparliamentary Politics; Tokenism and Women's Caucusing; Doing Gender"" in the House; The Dialectics of Sexual Politics in the House; Notes; 6 Women's Legislative Activities Inside Parliament: Trends and Directions; The Parliamentary Procedure; General Trends and Directions; Theoretical Explanations for the Trends; Notes; 7 Into the Trenches: Women Legislators and Their Constituents; Background; For God and Her Country |
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Byanyima: Anticorruption CrusaderStepping Out of the Trenches: A Summation; Notes; 8 Media-ted Portrayals of Women Politicians; The Media in Uganda; Maintaining the Status Quo Through Trivialization; Depictions of Women Legislators; Notes; 9 Conclusion; Notes; Appendix 1: Glossary of African Terms; Appendix 2: Reflections on Methodological Issues; Appendix 3: Women Legislators, 1950-1998; Appendix 4: Women's ""Firsts"" in National Politics; Appendix 5: Women Cabinet Ministers, 1962-1998; Appendix 6: Women's Organizations/Institutions That Participated in the Study |
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Appendix 7: Male Parliamentarians Interviewed in the StudyReferences; Index |
| Summary |
Among African countries, Uganda is unique in its affirmative action program for women. In the late 1980s, President Yoweri Museveni announced his belief that Uganda's successful development depended on increased gender equity and backed his opinions by setting several women-centered policies in motion, including a 1989 rule that at least 39 seats in the Ugandan parliament be reserved for women. In this fascinating study, based on in-depth interviews with both male and female parliamentarians, women in nongovernmental organizations, and rural residents of Uganda, Sylvia Tamale explores how women's participation in Ugandan politics has unfolded and what the impact has been for gender equity. The book examines how women have adapted their legislative strategies for empowerment in light of Uganda's patriarchal history and social structure. The author also looks at the consequences and implications of women's parliamentary participation as a result of affirmative action handed down by the president, rather than pushed up from a grassroots movement. Although focusing on Uganda, Tamale's study is relevant to other African and non-African countries grappling with the twin challenges of democracy and development |
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Print version record |
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Women -- Political activity -- Uganda
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Women legislators -- Uganda
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Politics and government.
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Women legislators.
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Women -- Political activity.
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Politik
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Frau
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Uganda -- Politics and government -- 1979- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139293
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Uganda.
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Uganda
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429971631 |
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042997163X |
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9780429982712 |
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0429982712 |
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