View in EDS PDF Full Text

Women of Power : Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Women of Power : Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide
Description: CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2015 Do women national leaders represent a breakthrough for the women's movement, or is women's leadership weaker than the numbers imply? This unique book, written by an experienced politician and academic, is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of how and why women in 53 countries rose to the top in the years since World War II. Packed with fascinating case studies detailing the rise to power of all 73 female presidents and prime ministers from around the world, from 1960 (when the first was elected) to 2010, the motives, achievements and life stories of the female top leaders, including findings from interviews carried out by the author, provide a nuanced picture of women in power. The book will have wide international appeal to students, academics, government officials, women's rights activists and political activists, as well as anyone interested in international affairs, politics, social issues, gender and equality.
Authors: Torild Skard
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Women--Political activity, Women politicians, Women presidents, Women prime ministers
Categories: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
FullText Links:
  – Type: ebook-pdf
Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: nlebk
DbLabel: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
An: 821990
RelevancyScore: 1057
AccessLevel: 6
PubType: eBook
PubTypeId: ebook
PreciseRelevancyScore: 1057.36352539063
IllustrationInfo
ImageInfo – Size: thumb
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$821990$PDF&s=r
– Size: medium
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$821990$PDF&s=d
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Women of Power : Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Description
  Group: Ab
  Data: CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2015 Do women national leaders represent a breakthrough for the women's movement, or is women's leadership weaker than the numbers imply? This unique book, written by an experienced politician and academic, is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of how and why women in 53 countries rose to the top in the years since World War II. Packed with fascinating case studies detailing the rise to power of all 73 female presidents and prime ministers from around the world, from 1960 (when the first was elected) to 2010, the motives, achievements and life stories of the female top leaders, including findings from interviews carried out by the author, provide a nuanced picture of women in power. The book will have wide international appeal to students, academics, government officials, women's rights activists and political activists, as well as anyone interested in international affairs, politics, social issues, gender and equality.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Torild+Skard%22">Torild Skard</searchLink>
– Name: TypePub
  Label: Resource Type
  Group: TypPub
  Data: eBook.
– Name: Subject
  Label: Subjects
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Women--Political+activity%22">Women--Political activity</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Women+politicians%22">Women politicians</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Women+presidents%22">Women presidents</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Women+prime+ministers%22">Women prime ministers</searchLink>
– Name: SubjectBISAC
  Label: Categories
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22POLITICAL+SCIENCE+%2F+Political+Process+%2F+General%22">POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22POLITICAL+SCIENCE+%2F+Women+in+Politics%22">POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics</searchLink>
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=821990
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Classifications:
      – Code: 352.2309252
        Scheme: ddc
        Type: prePub
    Languages:
      – Code: eng
        Text: English
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Women--Political activity
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Women politicians
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Women presidents
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Women prime ministers
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Women of Power : Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Torild Skard
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Torild Skard
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 01
              Type: published
              Y: 2014
            – D: 13
              M: 08
              Type: profile
              Y: 2014
          Identifiers:
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9781447315780
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9781447315797
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9781447316374
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Women of Power : Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide
              Type: main
ResultId 1