Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> Women in Politics

This book examines the strength of laws addressing four types of violence against women--rape, marital rape, domestic violence, and sexual harassment--in 196 countries from 2007 to 2010. It analyzes why these laws exist in some places and not others, and why they are stronger or weaker in places where they do exist. The authors have compiled original data that allow them to test various hypotheses related to whether international law drives the enactment of domestic legal protections. They also examine the ways in which these legal protections are related to economic, political, and social...

Excluded from the ranks of elite executive decision-makers for generations, women are now exercising power as chiefs of government and chiefs of state. As of April 2016, 112 women in 73 countries have served as presidents or prime ministers.

The Gendered Executive is a critical examination of national executives, focusing on matters of identity, representation, and power. The editors and contributors to this volume address the impact of female executives through political mobilization and participation, policy- and decision-making, and institutional change. Other topics...

In contrast to the wealth of studies on progress towards gender equality, opposition to gender equality is rarely studied, which makes it difficult to understand the positive and negative dynamics of gender equality as a political project.

Opposition to gender equality comes in many forms. It can be direct and extremely visible, like when Swedish feminists receive online death threats or like in France, where in 2014 thousands demonstrated against 'gender theory' and school programs tackling sex and gender stereotypes. It can be ongoing, as in opposition to legal abortion....

In contrast to the wealth of studies on progress towards gender equality, opposition to gender equality is rarely studied, which makes it difficult to understand the positive and negative dynamics of gender equality as a political project.

Opposition to gender equality comes in many forms. It can be direct and extremely visible, like when Swedish feminists receive online death threats or like in France, where in 2014 thousands demonstrated against 'gender theory' and school programs tackling sex and gender stereotypes. It can be ongoing, as in opposition to legal abortion....

Excluded from the ranks of elite executive decision-makers for generations, women are now exercising power as chiefs of government and chiefs of state. As of April 2016, 112 women in 73 countries have served as presidents or prime ministers.

The Gendered Executive is a critical examination of national executives, focusing on matters of identity, representation, and power. The editors and contributors to this volume address the impact of female executives through political mobilization and participation, policy- and decision-making, and institutional change. Other topics...

Have you ever thought, How the heck am I going to decide on a presidential candidate?

In Hail to the Chief , Donna Carol Voss lays out the ten most important questions to ask any candidate who wants to lead our great country. She differentiates those areas a president can affect--like fiscal responsibility and small business regulation--from those that are virtually invulnerable to the powers that be--like Roe v. Wade and gay marriage.

• Should a 14-year-old girl to be able to get an abortion without her parents' knowledge and consent?
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