Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective provides a clear, detailed introduction to women's political participation and representation across a wide range of countries and regions. Through broad statistical overviews and detailed case-study accounts, the authors document both historical trends and the contemporary state of women's political strength. Readers see the cultural, structural, political, and international influences on women's access to political power, and the difference women make once in political office. The fourth edition includes the latest information available on women in politics around the world, including current events as they have unfolded across the globe. The newest thinking in the field is presented, including on violence against women in politics. Approach and Features Nine thematic chapters explain women's access to office in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, and why it matters. Six chapters cover women's political power in specific geographic regions with recent research and events.The book's intersectional perspective attends to the ways gender interacts with other forms of difference, both throughout the volume and in a dedicated chapter.A bounty of figures, maps, and tables provide visual accounts of the variations in women's access to political power around the world, the growth in women's political power over time, and persistent obstacles to gender equality in politics.
Autorentext
Pamela Paxton is the Linda K. George and John Wilson Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin . PhD in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has consulted for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Academies. She has intersecting research interests in prosocial behavior, politics, gender, and methodology. She is the author of articles and books on women in politics, nonprofits, and quantitative methodology.
Melanie M. Hughes is Professor of Sociology, has a secondary appointment in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and is Co-Director of the Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL) at the University of Pittsburgh . PhD in Sociology from The Ohio State University. Her research considers how gender intersects with other forces of marginalization to influence women's political power. She has published numerous articles on women's legislative representation cross-nationally in journals such as American Political Science Review , American Sociological Review , European Journal of Political Research, and Politics & Gender . Currently, she is consulting the United Nations Development Programme to increase the availability of data on women in decision-making positions in public administration. She is also writing a book on the political dominance of men from majority racial, ethnic, and religious groups worldwide.
Tiffany D. Barnes is an Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Kentucky and affiliated faculty with Gender and Women's Studies and Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies . PhD in political science from Rice University. Her research focuses on Latin America, gender and politics, and comparative political institutions. Her book, Gendering Legislative Behavior , (Cambridge University Press 2016) won the Alan Rosenthal Prize from the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) in 2017. Her other research appears in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science , Journal of Politics , Comparative Political Studies , Political Research Quarterly , Politics & Gender, and Politics, Groups, and Identities . She was awarded the Emerging Scholar Award from the Legislative Studies Section of the APSA and the Early Career Award from the Midwest Women's Caucus for Political Science. She formerly served as the president for the Midwest Women's' Caucus. She is an associate editor at Research & Politics, the editor of The Legislative Scholar , the newsletter for the Legislative Studies Section of the APSA, and on the editorial boards of The Journal of Politics, and Political Research Quarterly.
Inhalt
About the Authors
Preface
1. Introduction to Women in Politics
Arguments for Women's Representation in Politics
The Story of Mukhtar Mai: Village Council Justice
Wife Beating in Nigeria-de jure vs. de facto Law
Filibustering in Texas-A Woman Representative Holds Out
Justice Arguments for Women's Representation
Utility Arguments for Women's Representation
A Brief Overview of Women's Participation in Politics
Orienting Theories
Power
The Dimensions of Power: An Example
Gender and Gender Stratification
Gender and Power Concepts: Patriarchy, Public Versus Private, and Intersectionality
Feminist Institutionalism
Overview of the Book
2. Women Struggle for the Vote: The History of Women's Suffrage
Social Movement Concepts
Suffrage in the United States
Women's Suffrage and the U.S. Constitution
Women and the Antislavery Movement: The Struggle Begins
The Leadership, Organization, and Tactics of the Early Suffrage Movement
"Ain't I a Woman?" By Sojourner Truth, 1851
The State Suffrage Movement: Why the West Was Best
Partnering With the Progressive Movement
Opposition to Women's Suffrage
Women Gain the Vote: The Events Leading to the Passage of the 19th Amendment
Suffrage Movements Outside the United States
Time Period
Movement Size, Composition, and Alliances
Goals and Ideology
Movement Opposition
Tactics and Level of Militancy
The International Women's Movement
Women's Suffrage After 1945
Women Exercising Their Vote
First Women Members of Parliament
3. Positions and Pathways: Women's Representation in Government
Government Structures and Positions of Power
Women Presidents and Prime Ministers
Paths to Power for Women National Leaders
Difficulties Faced by Women Leaders
Women in Cabinet Positions
Women in Parliaments
Milestones and Historical Trajectories
Women in Parliaments Today
Women in the Judiciary
Women in Local Governance
4. Intersectionality and Difference
Thinking Intersectionally
Slower and Lower: The Double and Triple Barriers faced by Women from Marginalized Groups
Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Women
Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, and Intersex
Indigenous Women
The Puzzle of Success: Complementary and Strategic Opportunities
The Puzzle of Transgender Women's Success
All the Women are White, All the Blacks are Men
When Identities Collide: The Rights and Representaiton of Immigrant and Indigenous Women
But Who Represents Us? Multiple Marginalization and Substantive Representation
Out in the Open: "Out" Candidates and Public Officials
Who Is Indigenous
5. Explaining the Political Representation of Women-Culture
A Woman's Place in History: Women in Political Philosophy
A Woman's Place Today: The Continuing Power of Culture
Regional Differences
Religion
Cultural Attitudes
Culture and Women's Representation in Politics
Ambition
Role Model Effects
Media
6. Explaining the Political Representation of Women-Social Structure
Economic Development
Money
Time
Civic and Political Skills
Education
Work
Networks<…