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Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (183 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801896743
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan AfricaDDC classification:
  • 320.967082
LOC classification:
  • HQ1236.5.A357 F34 2008
Online resources:
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.
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.
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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.

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.

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