Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective [Paperback]

Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective provides a clear, detailed introduction to womens political participation and representation across a wide range of countries and regions. Through broad statistical overviews and detailed case-study accounts, the authors document both historical trends and the contemporary state of womens political strength. Readers see the cultural, structural, political, and international influences on womens access to political power, and the difference women make once in political office.



The fourth edition includes the latest information available on women in politics around the world, including current events as they have unfolded across the globe. The newest thinking in the field is presented, including on violence against women in politics.



Approach and Features

Nine thematic chapters explain womens access to office in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, and why it matters. Six chapters cover womens political power in specific geographic regions with recent research and events.The books intersectional perspective attends to the ways gender interacts with other forms of difference, both throughout the volume and in a dedicated chapter.A bounty of figures, maps, and tables provide visual accounts of the variations in womens access to political power around the world, the growth in womens political power over time, and persistent obstacles to gender equality in politics.

Pamela Paxton is the Linda K. George and John Wilson Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin. PhD in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has consulted for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Academies. She has intersecting research interests in prosocial behavior, politics, gender, and methodology. She is the author of articles and books on women in politics, nonprofits, and quantitative methodology.