Women in politics : gender, power and development /: gender, power and development. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mariz Tadros.
• Editors: Tadros, Mariz, 1975-
• Contents: Introduction. Engaging politically : rethinking women's pathways to power / Mariz Tadros -- Politics as service : pathways of district assembly women in Ghana / Takyiwaa Manuh -- Exceptional women : reserved councillors in municipal corporations in Bangladesh / Sohela Hazneen, Iqbal Ehsan and Bayazid Hasan -- Ejecting women from formal politics in the 'old-new' Egypt (2011-12) / Mariz Tadros -- Local power and women's empowerment in a conflict context : Palestinian women contesting power in chaos / Islah Jad -- Pathways to political power in Sudan / Sara Abbas -- Crafting political pathways through the exclusionary Mesh in India / Kanchan Mathur -- Independent candidacy : an alternative political pathway for women in Sierra Leone? / Hussaina J. Abdullah -- Conservative modernization in Brazil : blocking local women's political pathways to power / Ana Alice Alcantara Costa and Andrea Cornwall.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 294 pages)
• Subjects: 305.42; Women -- Political activity -- Developing countries; Power (Social sciences); Development studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Power (Social sciences); Women -- Political activity; Developing countries; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783600540; 1783600543; 9781783600557; 1783600551
• Related ISBNs: 9781783600533; 1783600535; 9781783600526; 1783600527
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.