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LEADER: 01937cam a22003134i 4500
001 2013007396
003 DLC
005 20140314081658.0
008 130301s2014 caua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013007396
020 $a9781412998666 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHQ1236$b.P39 2014
082 00 $a324.082$223
100 1 $aPaxton, Pamela Marie.
245 10 $aWomen, politics, and power :$ba global perspective /$cPamela Paxton, The University of Texas at Austin, Melanie M. Hughes, University of Pittsburgh.
250 $aSecond Edition.
264 1 $aThousand Oaks, CA :$bSAGE Publications,$c2014.
300 $axvii, 459 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aList of figures, tables, and maps -- About the authors -- Preface -- Introduction to women in politics -- Women struggle for the vote : the history of women's suffrage -- Women struggle for representation : accessing positions of power -- Explaining the political representation of women culture -- Explaining the political representation of women social structure -- Explaining the political representation of women politics -- Explaining the political representation of women international factors -- Do women make a difference? -- Women from marginalized groups -- Regions : the West and the United States -- Eastern Europe and Central Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- Asia and the Pacific -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Where do we go from here? : and how do we get there? -- References -- Glossary/index.
650 0 $aWomen$xPolitical activity.
650 0 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$vCross-cultural studies.
650 0 $aRepresentative government and representation.
700 1 $aHughes, Melanie M.