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Women, Politics, and Power provides a clear and detailed introduction to womens political representation across a wide range of countries and regions. Using broad statistical overviews and detailed case-study accounts, authors Pamela Paxton and Melanie Hughes document both historical trends and the contemporary state of womens political strength across diverse countries. There is simply no other book that offers such a thorough and multidisciplinary synthesis of research on womens political power from around the world. This book is a perfect core or supplementary text for a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses such as Women and Politics; Women and Political Leadership; Gender and Power; Political Sociology; and Sociology of Women in the departments of sociology, political science, womens studies, and international relations.

ISBN 9781412927420Edition 01Binding Paper