| Women and Politics: An International Perspective Contributor(s): Randall, Vicky (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226703916 ISBN-13: 9780226703916 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $73.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1988 Annotation: Since the 1960s, the increasing involvement of women in mainstream politics and the impact of the "second wave" of feminism have given rise to an enormous volume of writing on women and politics. Drawing on material from a wide range of capitalist, state-socialist, and Third World countries, "Women and Politics" provides a comprehensive introduction to, summary, and analysis of this body of writing. This second edition has been greatly expanded and revised in light of recent debates and changes in women's political situation in the economic recession of the 1980s. Randall examines the increasingly extensive data available on women's political participation and the chief factors that obstruct or encourage it. An entirely new section on women in the Third World has been added. Finally, Randall provides an up-to-date analysis of contemporary feminism as a political movement, its impact on policy in the 1970s, and the changing prospects for both in the 1980s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| LCCN: 87016222 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.77" W x 8.82" (1.30 lbs) 369 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since the 1960s, the increasing involvement of women in mainstream politics and the impact of the second wave of feminism have given rise to an enormous volume of writing on women and politics. Drawing on material from a wide range of capitalist, state-socialist, and Third World countries, Women and Politics provides a comprehensive introduction to, summary, and analysis of this body of writing. This second edition has been greatly expanded and revised in light of recent debates and changes in women's political situation in the economic recession of the 1980s. Randall examines the increasingly extensive data available on women's political participation and the chief factors that obstruct or encourage it. An entirely new section on women in the Third World has been added. Finally, Randall provides an up-to-date analysis of contemporary feminism as a political movement, its impact on policy in the 1970s, and the changing prospects for both in the 1980s. |