Women Presidents and Prime Ministers in Post-Transition Democracies
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Women Presidents and Prime Ministers in Post-Transition Democracies

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Women Presidents and Prime Ministers in Post-Transition Democracies

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This book contributes to our understanding of the trajectories andprerogatives of female political leaders in the varying context ofdemocratization, political institutions and cultural norms. No woman hadbeen elected leader of a country before 1960, but with democratictransitions on the rise since the 1970s, the number of women in executiveoffice gradually became a trend of global scope. In 2015, nineteencountries had an elected female Head of State and/or Government, aproportionally small number that is expected to climb as more womencompete for high office, sometimes against other female candidates. Thisvolume compares how women executives differ in promoting genderequality and advocating for women's rights and interests, as well as in theirability to negotiate gender policy agendas. Comparative and theoreticalchapters on post-transition women leaders are complemented by casestudies in eight countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern andCentral Europe. This book will be of use to students and scholars interestedin gender studies, comparative politics, and political leadership.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2017
ISBN
9781137482402
Topic
Política y relaciones internacionales
Subtopic
Políticas europeas

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Contents
  4. Notes on Contributors
  5. List of Figures
  6. List of Tables
  7. Chapter 1: Introduction
  8. Chapter 2: Women at the Top: Leadership, Institutions and the Quality of Democracy
  9. Chapter 3: Global Trends in Women’s Executive Leadership
  10. Chapter 4: Gender and Institutions in Post-Transition Executives
  11. Chapter 5: Cultural Explanations for Men’s Dominance of National Leadership Worldwide
  12. Chapter 6: Dilma Rousseff (2011–2016): A Crisis of Governance and Consensus in Brazil
  13. Chapter 7: Michelle Bachelet: Engendering Chile’s Democratization
  14. Chapter 8: Luísa Dias Diogo: Gender and Political Leadership in Mozambique
  15. Chapter 9: Assessing Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Presidency: Effects on Substantive Representation in Liberia
  16. Chapter 10: Corazon Aquino: The Reluctant First Female President of the Philippines
  17. Chapter 11: Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh: Politics, Personality and Policies
  18. Chapter 12: Iveta Radičová: The First Female Prime Minister in Slovakia
  19. Chapter 13: Challenges of a Post-Communist Presidency: Vaira Vike-Freiberga and the Leadership of Latvia
  20. Chapter 14: Postcript
  21. Index