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001 2008035656
003 DLC
005 20110105081841.0
008 080818s2009 cauab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008035656
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016 7 $a014858097$2Uk
020 $a9781851099887 (alk. paper)
020 $a1851099883 (alk. paper)
020 $a9781851099894 (e-book)
020 $a1851099891 (e-book)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn213444818
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050 00 $aHQ1236$b.W5876 2009
082 00 $a323.3/4$222
245 00 $aWomen and politics around the world :$ba comparative history and survey /$cJoyce Gelb, Marian Lief Palley, editors.
260 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$bABC-CLIO,$cc2009.
300 $a2 v. (xxxii, 657, I-45 p.) :$bill., maps ;$c27 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $av.1. Issues -- Some theoretical perspectives on women in the modern world / Claire E. Rasmussen -- Women and globalization / Candace C. Archer -- Political development and women's status around the world / Farida Jalazai -- Economic development and women / Ranjeeta Basu -- Education for women in comparative perspective / Candice D. Ortbals -- Candidate gender quotas / Mona Lena Krook -- Sexual rights as human rights : resituating feminist analysis of sexual violence in wartime / Jennifer Gaboury -- Carrying the world on her back : reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and women's rights -- Breast-feeding practices, policies, and politics in a global context / Karen M. Kedrowski, Michael E. Lipscomb -- Political pathways to child care policy : the role of gender in state-building / Kristin A. Goss, Shauna L. Shames -- Violence against women / S. Laurel Weldon -- Trafficking and the international market in women and girls / Amy Risley -- Women and microfinance / Susan R. Jones --
505 0 $av. 2. Country profiles -- Argentina's women : don't cry for us / Magda Hinojosa -- State-society nexus and gender : Armenian women in postcommunist context / Anna Ohanyan -- Australian women : repertoires of change / Gwen Gray, Marian Sawer -- Women and politics in Canada : more image than substance / Alexandra Dobrowolsky -- Chinese women : a social context analysis for understanding gender equality in China / Zhongxin Sun -- Women in Danish politics : challenges to the notion of gender equality / Christina Fiig -- Women in El Salvador : continuing to struggle / Irina Carlota Silber, Jocelyn Viterna -- German women and the quest for gender equality / Nicole Richardt -- India's women : problems, prospects, and progress / Tinaz Pavri -- Japanese women : in pursuit of gender equality / Sherry L. Martin -- A mosaic of women's lives in Mexico / Linda S. Stevenson -- The Middle East and North Africa : social change and women's rights / Valentine M. Moghadam -- From mobilization to organization : women in Mozambique / Jennifer Leigh Disney -- From pioneers to players : women in the Netherlands / Monique Leyenaar -- Beauty troubles : gender and difference in Nigeria's developing democracy / Rita Kiki Edozie -- Russian women : seeking a place in Russian society / Carol Nechemias -- Women in Spain : many goals still to be reached / Celia Valiente -- Women in Swedish politics : an irreversible model of gender equality? / Lenita Freidenvall -- Women in Switzerland : from backwardness to uneven progress / Gesine Fuchs -- Women in Taiwan : the opportunities and limits of socioeconomic and political change for women's empowerment / Cal Clark and Janet Clark -- Thailand : approaches to the gender paradox / Elin Bjarnegård -- Women in the United States / Sarah E. Brewer.
650 0 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$vCross-cultural studies.
650 0 $aWomen's rights$vCross-cultural studies.
650 0 $aFeminism$vCross-cultural studies.
700 1 $aGelb, Joyce,$d1940-
700 1 $aPalley, Marian Lief,$d1939-
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0826/2008035656.html