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No shortcuts to power : African women in politics and policy making / edited by Anne Marie Goetz and Shireen Hassim.
Van Pelt Library HQ1236.5.S6 N6 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Political activity--South Africa.
- Women.
- Women--Political activity.
- South Africa.
- Women--Political activity--Uganda.
- Uganda.
- South Africa--Politics and government--1994-.
- Politics and government.
- Uganda--Politics and government--1979-.
- Physical Description:
- x, 246 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Zed Books ; Cape Town : David Philip ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave, [2003]
- Summary:
- Whatever other shortcomings of representative democracy may be apparent in our world today, one issue that clearly remains only partially resolved is the participation and policy impact of one half of the population--women. This comparative study examines this issue in the context of two African countries, South Africa and Uganda, both of which have accomplished much more at the level of women's political participation than most African or indeed other countries.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Women in Power in Uganda and South Africa / Anne Marie Goetz, Shireen Hassim 1
- 2 Women's Political Effectiveness: A Conceptual Framework / Anne Marie Goetz 29
- 3 Representation, Participation and Democratic Effectiveness: Feminist Challenges to Representative Democracy in South Africa / Shireen Hassim 81
- 4 The Problem with Patronage: Constraints on Women's Political Effectiveness in Uganda / Anne Marie Goetz 110
- 5 The Politics of Engagement: Women Transforming the Policy Process
- Domestic Violence Legislation in South Africa / Sheila Meintjes 140
- 6 The 'Lost Clause': The Campaign to Advance Women's Property Rights in the Uganda 1998 Land Act / Sheila Kawamara-Mishambi, Irene Ovonji-Odida 160
- 7 Democratising Local Government: Problems and Opportunities in the Advancement of Gender Equality in South Africa / Likhapha Mbatha 188
- 8 Gender Equity and Local Democracy in Contemporary Uganda: Addressing the Challenge of Women's Political Effectiveness in Local Government / Josephine Ahikire 213.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1842771469
- 1842771477
- OCLC:
- 50721127
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