Women and politics : an international perspective

Summary: "Drawing upon a wide range of historical studies, Randall examines the increasingly broad data available on women's political participation and the chief factors that obstruct or encourage it. ... Finally, Randall provides an up-to-date analysis of contemporary feminism as a political movement, its impact on policy in the 1970s, and the changing prospects for both in the 1980s. Randall's comparative approach draws upon material not only from the United States and Britain but also from a wide range of other capitalist, state-socialist, and Third World countries." --back cover

Record details

ISBN: 0226703924 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xii, 362 p. ; 21 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed. --
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1987.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-349) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Women's place in society -- 2. Women's political behaviour -- 3. Women in political elites -- 4. How politics affects women -- 5. The politics of the women's movement -- 6. Feminism and policy-making.