Gender and Power

1. Introduction
Fatima Sadiqi

Part I. Democratic Deficits: Sites, Contexts, and Tactics of Redress

2. Women’s Political Representation in Brazil
José Álvaro Moisés, Beatriz Rodrigues Sanchez

3. Women and Political Participation in Morocco and North African States
Moha Ennaji

4. Gender, Policy and Leadership: A Comparative Perspective
Joyce Gelb

5. Probing the Parameters of Gender, Power, and Democracy in Nigeria
L. Amede Obiora

6. Building Women’s and Men’s Political Representation in Post-Communist European Countries
Renata Siemieńska

7. Women’s Participation in Global Executive Positions
Michal Palgi

Part II. Explaining Inequalities: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

8. Economics, Gender, and Power
Elisabetta Addis

9. Feminine Creativity and Masculine Power
Elena Caramazza

10. The Centrality of Women in the Human Adventure
Piero P. Giorgi

11. Gender and Power
Mino Vianello

12. The Submissiveness Trap
Luigi Zoja

13. A Different Power
Valeria Perucca

Part III. Reconceptualizing the Quality of Democracy

14. Gender and Democratic Governance: Reprising the Politics of Exclusion
Mary Hawkesworth

15. Quality of Democracy and Political Inclusion
José Álvaro Moisés

16. Gender and Democracy
Mino Vianello

Part IV. Strategies for Social and Political Transformation

17. The Feminization of Authority in Morocco
Fatima Sadiqi

18. Gender, Power, and Networks: Women’s Organizing and Changing Gender Relationships in Africa and Latin America
Jane H. Bayes

19. Gender Power and Violence: Perspectives for Change
Elena Liotta

20. Gender Issues in Primary Childcare and Their Implications for Democracy
Eva Pattis Zoja

21. Women’s Mobilizations for Political Representation in Patriarchal States: Models from Japan and South Korea
Ki-young Shin

22. Conclusion
Renata Siemieńska

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Political Sociology, Social Policy, Political Science, Democracy, Social Policy