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Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa .
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fallon, Kathleen M., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women and democracy--Political activity--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Women and democracy.
- Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, MD, USA Johns Hopkins University Press 20100401
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In demonstrating how women's activism is evolving with and shaping democratization across the region, Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa reveals how women's social movements are challenging the barriers created by colonization and dictatorships in Africa and beyond.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Acronyms
- 1 Reclaiming Power
- 2 Queenmothers, Colonization, and the Struggle for Legitimacy
- 3 Democracy in Perspective
- 4 The Iron Fist
- 5 Capturing Democracy
- 6 Big Men, Small Girls, and the Politics of Power
- 7 Women on the Move
- Appendix A. Methods
- Appendix B. Survey Data
- Notes
- References
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9674-6
- OCLC:
- 609423529
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