Women and power in Africa : aspiring, campaigning, and governing /

"This book examines women's experiences in African politics as aspirants to public office, as candidates in election campaigns, and as elected representatives. Part I evaluates women's efforts to become party candidates in four African countries: Benin, Ghana, Malawi, and Zambia. The...

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Other Authors: Arriola, Leonardo R. (Leonardo Rafael) (Editor), Johnson, Martha C. (Editor), Phillips, Melanie L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in African politics and international relations.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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505 0 0 |t Individuals and institutions : situating African women's political experiences /  |r Leonardo R. Arriola, Martha C. Johnson, Melanie L. Phillips --  |t Securing a spot on the ballot : how women enter electoral politics.  |t Same rules, higher costs : women's pathways to candidacy in Zambia /  |r Leonardo R. Arriola, Melanie L. Phillips, and Lise Rakner --  |t Party primaries and women's representation in Ghana : how can more women aspirants win? /  |r Gretchen Bauer and Akosua K. Darkwah --  |t Deeper decentralization, fewer women? : decentralization and women's candidacies for local office in Benin and Malawi /  |r Martha C. Johnson, Ragnhild Muriaas, Amanda Clayton, and Amanda Lea Robinson --  |t Winning the election : how women campaign.  |t With hands tied : a Kenyan woman's presidential bid /  |r Matthew Gichohi --  |t Media representation of women parliamentary candidates in Africa : a study of the Daily Graphic newspaper and Ghana's 2016 election /  |r Amanda Coffie and Peace A. Medie --  |t Representing women : how women legislate.  |t Electoral systems and the process of substantive representation : lessons from Namibia and Uganda /  |r Amanda Clayton --  |t Who speaks (for women) on the floor when men dominate parliament? : the case of Burkina Faso /  |r Alice J. Kang and Rachel S. Fisher --  |t Conclusion : an agenda for research and policy /  |r Leonardo R. Arriola, Martha C. Johnson, and Melanie L. Phillips. 
520 |a "This book examines women's experiences in African politics as aspirants to public office, as candidates in election campaigns, and as elected representatives. Part I evaluates women's efforts to become party candidates in four African countries: Benin, Ghana, Malawi, and Zambia. The chapters draw on a variety of methods, including extensive interviews with women candidates, to describe and assess the barriers confronted when women seek to enter politics. The chapters help explain why women remain underrepresented as candidates for office, particularly in countries without gender-based quotas, by emphasizing the impact of financial constraints, fears of violence, and resistance among party leaders. Part II turns to women's experiences as candidates during elections in Kenya and Ghana. One chapter provides an in-depth account of a woman's presidential bid in Kenya, demonstrating how gendered ethnicity undermined her candidacy, and another chapter presents a novel evaluation of the media's coverage of women candidates in Ghana. Part III turns to women as legislators in Namibia, Uganda, and Burkina Faso, asking whether women engage in substantive representation on gendered policy issues once in office. The chapters challenge the assumption that a critical mass of women is necessary or sufficient to achieve substantive representation. Taken together, the book's chapters problematize existing hypotheses regarding women in political power, drawing on understudied countries and a variety of empirical methods. By following political pathways from entry to governance, the book uncovers how gendered experiences early in the political process shape what is possible for women once they attain political power"--Publisher's description. 
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