Women and the State in Africa / / ed. by Kathleen A. Staudt, Jane L. Parpart.
Explores women's access to the apparatus of the state in Africa, the consequences of their underrepresentation, and the mechanisms they have evolved to cope with their slim hold on the levers of power.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023] ©1989 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Women and the State m Africa -- PART 1 Theoretical Debates -- 2 Gender Relations, Class Formation, and the Colonial State in Africa -- 3 Gender, Class, and State in Africa -- PART 2 Case Studies -- 4 Kaba and Khaki: Women and the Militarized State in Nigeria -- 5 State, Peasantry, and Agrarian Crisis in Zaire: Does Gender Make a Difference? -- 6 "This Is an Unforgettable Business": Colonial State Intervention in Urban Tanzania -- 7 Women and the State: Zambia's Development Policies and Their Impact on Women -- 8 The Black Market and Women Traders in Lusaka, Zambia -- 9 Zimbabwe: State, Class, and Gendered Models of Land Resettlement -- 10 Gender Perspectives on African States -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book |
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Summary: | Explores women's access to the apparatus of the state in Africa, the consequences of their underrepresentation, and the mechanisms they have evolved to cope with their slim hold on the levers of power. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781685853037 9783110784268 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781685853037 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Kathleen A. Staudt, Jane L. Parpart. |