Author : Georgina Waylen
Release : 1996
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Gender in Third World Politics by : Georgina Waylen
Download or read book Gender in Third World Politics written by Georgina Waylen. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work offers 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, focusing 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 in-depth study of different political formations. These are colonialism, revolution, authoritarianism, and democracy and democratization. Examples are taken from much of the Third World.