Governing women [electronic resource] : women's political effectiveness in contexts of democratization and governance reform / edited by Anne Marie Goetz

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Governing women : will new public space for some women make a difference for all women? / Anne Marie Goetz -- Crossing the lines : women's social mobilization in Latin America / Virginia M. Bouvier -- Consequences of political liberalization and sociocultural mobilization for women in Algeria, Egypt and Jordan / Marnia Lazreg -- Transnational feminism and women's human rights : successes and challenges of a political strategy / Brooke A. Ackerly and Bina D'Costa -- Women, political parties and social movements in South Asia / Amrita Basu -- Women and political engagement in east-central Europe / Eva Fodor -- From political sidecars to legislatures : women and party politics in southern Africa / Onalenna Doo Selolwane -- Political parties and gender in Latin America : an overview of conditions and responsiveness / Teresa Sacchet -- Decentralizing government and de-centering gender : lessons from local government reform in South Africa / Jo Beall -- Women in local government in India / Jana Everett -- Who speaks for whom? women and the politics of presence in Uganda's local governance / Josephine Ahikire -- Governing women or enabling women to govern : gender and the good governance agenda / Anne Marie Goetz -- Public administration reform and women in decision making in China / Jie Du -- Ruling out gender equality? the post-Cold War rule of law agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa / Celestine Nyamu Musembi.

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