Gender and Third World Politics (Issues in Third World Politics)

Waylen, Georgina

ISBN 10: 1555876331 / ISBN 13: 9781555876333

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, 1996

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This book puts forward a gendered analysis of third world politics. It uses a wide definition of the political to examine both 'high politics' and political activity at the grassroots, focussing particularly on women's organizations. It also examines the impact of policy and politics on gender relations and on different groups of women. After a general discussion of the major theoretical questions involved in the study of gender in third world politics, and the nature of the third world and development, the analysis is developed through the indepth study of different political formations. These are colonialism, revolution, authoritarianism, and democracy and democratization and uses examples from much of the third world. Gender in Third World Politics * is the only book to provide comprehensive coverage of gender in third world politics * provides a gendered analysis of both 'high politics' and different women's political activity at the grassroots * weaves together material from a wide range of disciplines such as politics, sociology, history, development studies and women's studies.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gender and Third World Politics (Issues in Third World Politics)
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555876331
• ISBN 13: 9781555876333
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 1.91W x 15.88H x 23.5D centimeters 1.91 centimeters width by 15.88 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1 pound

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Synopsis

This book puts forward a gendered analysis of third world politics. It uses a wide definition of the political to examine both 'high politics' and political activity at the grassroots, focussing particularly on women's organizations. It also examines the impact of policy and politics on gender relations and on different groups of women. After a general discussion of the major theoretical questions involved in the study of gender in third world politics, and the nature of the third world and development, the analysis is developed through the indepth study of different political formations. These are colonialism, revolution, authoritarianism, and democracy and democratization and uses examples from much of the third world. Gender in Third World Politics * is the only book to provide comprehensive coverage of gender in third world politics * provides a gendered analysis of both 'high politics' and different women's political activity at the grassroots * weaves together material from a wide range of disciplines such as politics, sociology, history, development studies and women's studies

About the Author

The AuthorGeorgina Waylen is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sheffield. Prior to this, she taught at the Universities of Salford and East Anglia. She has researched and published on Colonialism, Gender, Structural Adjustment and Democratization in Latin America and the Caribbean.