Women As Political Leaders : Studies in Gender and Governing

Over the past several years, the fields of Leadership Studies and of Women's Studies have grown tremendously. This book, which is a series of case studies of women who have headed governments across the globe, will discuss the conditions and situations under which women rose to power and give a brief biography of each woman . A special chapter on why no U.S. woman has risen to the top, and a review of the political campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Michele Bachmann and others will be included. This book will be of interest for courses in women and leadership, global politics and gender studies. This book, which is a series of case studies of women who have headed governments across the globe, discusses the conditions and situations under which women rose to power and give a brief biography of each woman . A special chapter on why no U.S. woman has risen to the top, and a review of the political campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Michele Bachmann and others are included. In this new volume the editors and contributors provide a clearer understanding of the impact of gender on political leadership by examining the lives and careers of women who became heads of government. These women are not the universe of women heads of goverment in the past sixty years, but were selected because they illustrate a variety of paths to power, offer examples of both very short and very long tenure in office, are drawn from countries with greatly differing levels of eceonomic and political development, and experienced vary degrees of success in office. Analysis and comparison of their careeers contribute to identifyling the central questions to be addressed as research continues. Cover WOMEN AS POLITICAL LEADERS Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Series Foreword Preface About the Editors About the Contributors Chapter 1 Introduction: Women as Political Leaders: Does Gender Matter? Chapter 2 Managing Softly in Turbulent Times: Corazon C. Aquino, President of the Philippines Chapter 3 Gro Harlem Brundtland of Norway Chapter 4 Benazir Bhutto and Dynastic Politics: Her Father’s Daughter, Her People’s Sister Chapter 5 Women in Power in Nicaragua: Myth and Reality Chapter 6 Indira Gandhi and the Exercise of Power Chapter 7 Golda Meir: A Very Public Life Chapter 8 Ma Ellen—The Iron Lady of Liberia: Evaluating Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Presidency Chapter 9 Angela Merkel: From Serendipity to Global Success Chapter 10 “Perónisma”: Isabel Perón and the Politics of Argentina Chapter 11 Margaret Thatcher and the Politics of Conviction Leadership Chapter 12 Why No Madame President?: Gender and Presidential Politics in the United States Chapter 13 Conclusion: Women as Political Leaders: What Do We Know? Author Index Subject Index