Montecinos, Verónica
Women Presidents and Prime Ministers in Post-Transition Democracies
1. Introduction
Verónica Montecinos
2. Women at the Top: Leadership, Institutions and the Quality of Democracy
Jane S. Jaquette
3. Global Trends in Women’s Executive Leadership
Farida Jalalzai
4. Gender and Institutions in Post-Transition Executives
Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer, Catherine Reyes-Housholder
5. Cultural Explanations for Men’s Dominance of National Leadership Worldwide
Elizabeth A. Yates, Melanie M. Hughes
6. Dilma Rousseff (2011–2016): A Crisis of Governance and Consensus in Brazil
Fiona Macaulay
7. Michelle Bachelet: Engendering Chile’s Democratization
Verónica Montecinos
8. Luísa Dias Diogo: Gender and Political Leadership in Mozambique
Frances B. Henderson
9. Assessing Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Presidency: Effects on Substantive Representation in Liberia
Melinda Adams
10. Corazon Aquino: The Reluctant First Female President of the Philippines
Diana J. Mendoza, Maria Elissa Jayme Lao
11. Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh: Politics, Personality and Policies
Habibul Haque Khondker
12. Iveta Radičová: The First Female Prime Minister in Slovakia
Sharon L. Wolchik
13. Challenges of a Post-Communist Presidency: Vaira Vike-Freiberga and the Leadership of Latvia
Daina S. Eglitis, Laura Ardava
14. Postcript
Verónica Montecinos
Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, European Politics, Comparative Politics, Democracy, Public Policy, Political Communication
- Editor
- Montecinos, Verónica
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2017
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership
- Page amount
- 19 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781137482402
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-137-48239-6