TY - BOOK AU - Paxton,Pamela Marie AU - Hughes,Melanie M. TI - Women, politics, and power: a global perspective SN - 9781483310473 (e-book) AV - HQ1236 .P39 2014eb U1 - 324.082 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Thousand Oaks, California PB - SAGE Publications KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Representative government and representation KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; List of figures, tables, and maps -- About the authors -- Preface -- Introduction to women in politics -- Women struggle for the vote : the history of women's suffrage -- Women struggle for representation : accessing positions of power -- Explaining the political representation of women culture -- Explaining the political representation of women social structure -- Explaining the political representation of women politics -- Explaining the political representation of women international factors -- Do women make a difference? -- Women from marginalized groups -- Regions : the West and the United States -- Eastern Europe and Central Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- Asia and the Pacific -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Where do we go from here? : and how do we get there? -- References -- Glossary/index UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/gulbargauniversity/Doc?id=10783939 ER -