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Author:   Diana Højlund Madsen (Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9781913441203

ISBN 10:   1913441202
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   24 December 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Feminist Institutionalism, Women’s Representation and State Capture: The South African Case 2. Confronting the Double Bind Dilemma in the Representation of Female Politicians in Zimbabweans Newspapers 2000-2018 3. Party Primary Candidate Nomination Institutions and their Influence on Nomination of Women as Party Candidates in Parliamentary Elections in Malawi 4. ‘Inspiring a Revolution’: Women’s Central Role in Tanzanian Institutions, Independence and Beyond 5. Experiences of Gender Equality Legislation in Kenya: The Role of Institutions and Actors 6. Women’s Political Representation and Institutions in Nigeria – Historical Perspectives 7. Affirmative Action in Ghana? Male Arguments and Institutional Inertia 8. Candidate Training Programmes in Africa? Experiences of Letsema in Botswana 2013 - 2019 Concluding Remarks

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Gender and representation scholars have been good at explaining why some African countries are among the top-ranked in the world when it comes to the high levels of women elected into elected offices. If you are interested in some in-depth insights into the mechanisms and dynamics of countries lagging behind their more well-known neighbours, this is the book for you to read.Ragnhild Muriaas, University of Bergen This book is an important and interesting contribution to the literature on women in politics in Africa. It provides a rare collection of rich case studies from eight African countries of how informal institutions in numerous ways work to exclude women from political spaces. Vibeke Wang, Chr. Michelsen Institute

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Diana Højlund Madsen is a Senior Gender Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute. She has worked and published extensively on gender and politics in an African context with a specific focus on Ghana. Her work on Ghana includes articles and book chapters and she holds a PhD on gender mainstreaming in Ghana from Roskilde University, Denmark.

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