Women, Agency, and the State in Guinea: Silent Politics

ISBN-13: 9780367189594 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 220 str.

Carole Ammann

Opis

This book examines how women in Guinea articulate themselves politically within and outside institutional politics. It documents the everyday practices that local female actors adopt to deal with the continuous economic, political and social insecurities that emerge in times of political transformations.

Spis treści

Introduction: Women’s Political Articulations in a Guinean City  1. Gendered Conceptions Throughout Guinean History  2. Contested Presidential Elections in 2010  3. Expectations of the New President?  4. The Guinean State Doing Gender  5. Women’s Limited Impacts on Institutional Politics  6. Everyday Politics  7. Struggling for Recognition: Interactions with Local Authorities  Conclusion: Women’s Silent Politics

O autorze

Carole Ammann is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.