Women in World Politics: An Introduction

by Francine D'Amico, Peter R. Beckman

Overview

What roles do women play in world politics? Who are these women, and what impact do they have on international relations? D'Amico and Beckman have assembled a diverse array of contributors who provide a variety of answers. Some contributors consider women as national leaders and profile Chamorro, Gandhi, Thatcher, and Aquino as examples. Autobiographical essays and interviews describe the experiences of Margaret Anstee, Benazir Bhutto, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and Golda Meir. Other contributors analyze international women's movements, the roles of women in the Green Movement and in the revolutionary movements in Cuba and Nicaragua, and the work of Jane Addams in the peace movement. Some analyze the attitudes and beliefs of America's leading opinion makers on the subject of women and men in leadership roles. Written for beginning students in comparative politics and international relations, their work is both fundamental as an introductory text and pioneering in scope and conception.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897894104
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/30/1995
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

FRANCINE D'AMICO is Visiting Research Fellow in the Peace Studies Program at Cornell University. She has written on women at war and the combat controversy. She is an officer of the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section in the International Studies Association.

PETER R. BECKMAN is Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He has published the textbook World Politics in the Twentieth Century (1984) and The Nuclear Predicament (2nd ed., 1992). Beckman and D'Amico have edited a companion volume to this work entitled Women, Gender, and World Politics: Perspectives, Policies, Prospects (Bergin & Garvey, 1994).

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Women National Leaders by Francine D'Amico
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro by Harvey Williams
Indira Gandhi: Gender and Foreign Policy by Mary C. Carras
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher: The Influence of Her Gender on Her Foreign Policy by Kenneth Harris
Corazon Aquino: Gender, Class, and the People Power President by Vincent Boudreau
Women as Insiders: The Glass Ceiling at the United Nations by Kristen Timothy
In Their Own Words: Margaret Anstee, United Nations Undersecretary General; Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan; Jeane Duane Jordan Kirkpatrick, U.S. Representative to the United Nations; and Golda Meir, Israel
Gender and the Political Beliefs of American Opinion Leaders by Ole Holsti and James Rosenau
Organizing for Change: International Women's Movements and World Politics by Deborah Stienstra
Jane Addams: The Chance the World Missed by Sybil Oldfield
Women and the Global Green Movement by Petra Kelly
Women in Revolutionary Movements: Cuba and Nicaragua by Margaret Randall
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

This diverse collection of accessible articles by scholars, journalists, activists, and public figures explores the impact of gender on international relations. The brief and neatly written essays include biographies of well-known women leaders, such as Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Corazon Aquino, and Violeta Barrios de Chamorro and passages from the memoirs of Golda Meir, Benazir Bhutto, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and U.N. official Margaret Anstee. Other pieces focus on women in various international organizations and movements: the United Nations, nongovernmental women's organizations, the global environmental movement, and revolutionary movements in Cuba and Nicaragua. Even the introductory chapters, which discuss theories that govern our understanding of politics, are clearly written and free of jargon. Although intended as an introductory text in comparative politics for college students, this volume may well attract a wider audience.-Cynthia Harrison, Federal Judicial Ctr., Washington, D.C.

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