Through the political glass ceiling : race to prime ministership by Trinidad & Tobago's first female : selected speeches / Kamla Persad-Bissessar ; compiled with introduction, contexts and analyses by Kris Rampersad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Persad-Bissessar, Kamla, 1952- author.

Contributor:

Rampersad, Kris, editor.

Singh Family Fund.

Indo-Caribbean Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Speeches. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trinidad and Tobago--Politics and government--1962-.

Trinidad and Tobago.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

447 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago : Kris Rampersad, [2010]

Summary:

Text provides roadmaps of Persad-Bissessar's journey into T & T's highest political offices, through to the defining moments of the May 2010 snap election. It also presents the paradox of politics and society in Trinidad and Tobago in the context of the leadership between the country's longest standing political entity, the People's National Movement and the first female leader of a political party, United National Congress' Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

Contents:

Introduction : a clash of political cultures

Stepping through the glass ceiling

The Vision: national & political unity

Gender: to be woman and leader

Eternal vigilance : engaging partner watchdogs

A Woman's place in the House ... of Parliament

As Leader of the Opposition

Guard democracy

Budget responses as Leader of the Opposition

As Minister of Education: towards an intelligent nation

As Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs

On matters of urgent public importance

A matter of privilege

Matters of integrity

Born into multiculturalism.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Singh Family Fund.

ISBN:

9789768228000

9768228008

OCLC:

700499677