Engendering Democracy in Africa
This book investigates women’s political participation in Africa. Going beyond the formal institutions of electoral politics, it explores a range of spaces where everyday politics take place, at national and at local levels. In recent years there have been significant improvements in the number of w...
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2022
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| author | Gaynor, Niamh |
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| description | This book investigates women’s political participation in Africa. Going beyond the formal institutions of electoral politics, it explores a range of spaces where everyday politics take place, at national and at local levels. In recent years there have been significant improvements in the number of women elected to parliament in Africa. However, there is little indication that this is translating into better developmental outcomes, and indeed there is mounting evidence that it could in fact help to bolster some authoritarian regimes. Starting from the premise that politics is a far broader project than securing a seat in national or local legislatures alone, this book explores the opportunities for women’s political participation across a number of informal spaces where women and men gather, organise and interact in a more regular and systematic manner. Combining insights from political science, sociology and feminist theory and drawing on detailed cases from the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Rwanda, it examines how power in its multiple dimensions circulates across a range of everyday political spaces, while drawing attention to the links between domestic gender inequalities and the global political economy. Inviting scholars, practitioners and activists to broaden their focus beyond formal electoral institutions if they want to support women to become more politically active, this book provides fresh insights into major issues at the heart of African studies, development studies, gender and development, democratisation, and international relations. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-906112025-07-30T11:55:52Z Engendering Democracy in Africa Gaynor, Niamh Politics and government Gender studies, gender groups thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups This book investigates women’s political participation in Africa. Going beyond the formal institutions of electoral politics, it explores a range of spaces where everyday politics take place, at national and at local levels. In recent years there have been significant improvements in the number of women elected to parliament in Africa. However, there is little indication that this is translating into better developmental outcomes, and indeed there is mounting evidence that it could in fact help to bolster some authoritarian regimes. Starting from the premise that politics is a far broader project than securing a seat in national or local legislatures alone, this book explores the opportunities for women’s political participation across a number of informal spaces where women and men gather, organise and interact in a more regular and systematic manner. Combining insights from political science, sociology and feminist theory and drawing on detailed cases from the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Rwanda, it examines how power in its multiple dimensions circulates across a range of everyday political spaces, while drawing attention to the links between domestic gender inequalities and the global political economy. Inviting scholars, practitioners and activists to broaden their focus beyond formal electoral institutions if they want to support women to become more politically active, this book provides fresh insights into major issues at the heart of African studies, development studies, gender and development, democratisation, and international relations. 2022-08-03T05:21:29Z 2022-08-03T05:21:29Z 2022-07-22T12:08:15Z 2022 book ONIX_20220722_9781000597035_37 OCN: 1298711294 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57608 9781000597035 9781003147879 9780367707675 9780367707620 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90611 eng Routledge Studies in African Development open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57608/1/9781000597035.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57608/1/9781000597035.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57608/1/9781000597035.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003147879 10.4324/9781003147879 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Dublin City University ace76817-129c-4a77-a963-c0ac447c29ff 9781000597035 9781003147879 9780367707675 9780367707620 Routledge 202 [...] open access |
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