African Women
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African Women

A Political Economy

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

African Women

A Political Economy

About this book

This book will present three main themes of African women: African feminism, women and work, and women and politics, to inform readers of the current debates, to encourage new thinking on these issues, and to indicate areas for needed research.

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780230106758
eBook ISBN
9780230114326
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Gender Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Permissions
  9. 1 The Political Economy of Women in Africa
  10. 2 Exceptionalism Is a Feminist Issue in Southern Africa
  11. 3 Domestic Workers in South Africa: Class, Race, and Gender
  12. 4 The Proletarianization of Women in Tanzania
  13. 5 Gender and Contract Farming: Growing Tea in Kenya
  14. 6 Capitalist Development and Women’s Work: A Nigerian Case Study
  15. 7 Structural Adjustment and Women in Zimbabwe
  16. 8 Women in Mozambique: Gender Struggles and Gender Politics
  17. 9 Angolan Women’s Congress
  18. 10 Strategies for Change: Women and Politics in Eritrea and South Africa
  19. 11 The Nigerian Feminist Movement: Lessons from Women in Nigeria (WIN)
  20. 12 Isis-WICCE Continues to Bring Women Together
  21. 13 Sudanese Women Writing Their Status
  22. 14 Tuareg Women, Gender Politics, and Rebellion in Niger Republic
  23. Bibliography
  24. Contributors
  25. Index