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Book SynopsisThe Gender Face of Asian Politics covers a wide range of studies on gender and politics, gender and political leadership, impact and forms of women's role as parliamentarians, opposition leaders and heads of state or government in different Asian countries such as Afghanistan, the Philippines, India, Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan.
Table of ContentsPREFACE - AAZAR AYAZ ; INTRODUCTION - ANDREA FLESCHENBERG ; PART I: CARTOGRAPHY OF WOMEN IN ASIAN POLITICS ; 1. Women Legislators and their Impact on Public Policy: A Comparative Perspective - KAZUKI IWANAGA AND PATRICIA LORESKAR ; 2. Strategy, Action, Transition: Women as Agents of Change - CLAUDIA DERICHS ; 3. The Effect of Electoral Gender Quotas: Quota Women in Politics - DRUDE DAHLERUP ; 4. The Politics of Quotas around the World: Asia in Perspective - MANON TREMBLAY AND JACKIE STEELE ; 5. Role of Women in War and Peace: Suffering of Afghan Women - KHALIDA GHOUS ; PART II: DYNASTIES DAUGHTERS OR ASIAS ROARING TIGRESSES? ; 6. A Spectacle of Masculine and Feminine Images of Political Leadership: a Feminist Reflection on the Current Crisis of Leadership in the Philippines - LOURDES VENERACION-RALLONZA ; 7. Durga Amma and St. Sonia, the RedeemerImages of Women Politicians in Asia - DAGMAR HELLMANN-RAJANAYAGAM ; 8. Min Laung or Fighting Peacock?Aung San Suu Kyis Political Performance via Moral Capital - ANDREA FLESCHENBERG ; PART III: BEYOND NUMBERSFROM THE GRASSROOTS TOWARDS TOP POLITICAL POWER? ; 9. The Private Roots of Public Participation: Womens Engagement in Democratic Politics in Pakistan - MARION R. MULLER ; 10. Women Representation in Politics of Pakistan - SHAHNAZ WAZIR ALI ; 11. Decentralization and Womens Participation in Local Governance - RIFFAT MUNNAWAR ; 12. Sharing Personal Experiences: Women in Pakistani Politics - EDITED BY AAZAR AYAZ AND ANDREA FLESCHENBERG ; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS ; INDEX
