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245 0 0 _aWomen in politics: gender, power and development /
_cedited by Mariz Tadros.
260 _aLondon ;
_bZed books,
_c2014.
300 _ax, 294 pages ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aMachine generated contents note: 1.Politics as Service: Pathways of District Assembly Women in Ghana / Takyiwaa Manuh -- 2.Exceptional Women: Reserved Councillors in Municipal Corporations in Bangladesh / Bayazid Hasan -- 3.Ejecting Women from Formal Politics in the 'Old-New' Egypt (2011--12) / Mariz Tadros -- 4.Local Power and Women's Empowerment in a Conflict Context: Palestinian Women Contesting Power in Chaos / Islahjad -- 5.Pathways to Political Power in Sudan / Sara Abbas -- 6.Crafting Political Pathways through the Exclusionary Mesh in India / Kanchan Mathur -- 7.Independent Candidacy: An Alternative Political Pathway for Women in Sierra Leone? / Hussaina J. Abdullah -- 8.Conservative Modernization in Brazil: Blocking Local Women's Political Pathways to Power / Andrea Cornwall.
650 0 _aWomen
_xPolitical activity
_zDeveloping countries.
942 _cWB16