Global Perspectives on Women’s Leadership and Gender (In)Equality
Editors: Shabliy, Elena V., Kurochkin, Dmitry, Ayee, Gloria (Eds.)
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- Describes and defines women’s leadership in a range of contexts through the stories of women and their activism
- Takes an intersectional approach
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- About this book
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This interdisciplinary volume discusses women’s global leadership and women’s rights advancement, identifying gender inequality as a persisting societal challenge and a major barrier to human development.
Drawing on intersectionality as an important analytic and methodological tool, the contributors analyse women’s leadership roles across the world, featuring perspectives on the US, Israel, and Brazil, amongst other countries. The book also contributes to the growing field of leadership, presenting cross-cultural examples and case-studies of outstanding women and female leaders, as well as discussing contemporary leadership theories, and examining obstacles to women’s leadership.
Global Perspectives on Women’s Leadership and Gender (In)Equality will be an important point of reference for students and scholars across the political sciences, women’s studies, feminist philosophy, business development, and history. - About the authors
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Elena V. Shabliy is Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, USA.
Dmitry Kurochkin is Lecturer and Senior Research Analyst at Harvard University, USA.
Gloria Y. A. Ayee is Lecturer and Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, USA. - Reviews
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“An enlightening collection of essays that provides case studies of mostly less-known women leaders, as well as a study of gender inequality in the creative industries, and a model for developing women leaders in business. Encompassing various countries from Serbia to Israel to those in Latin America, the essays demonstrate that leadership can be effective in fields other than politics, such as journalism, business and the arts, and that political leaders can have their impact whether or not they are members of a regime.” — Michal Fram Cohen, The Open University, Israel
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Women’s Leadership and Political Opportunity Structures
Pages 1-17
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Alicia Moreau de Justo: Transcending Generations
Pages 19-45
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Magda Portal as Peruvian Poet, Radical, and Reformer
Pages 47-76
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Rigoberta Menchú, an Indian Woman from Guatemala
Pages 77-92
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Gender (In)Equality in the Creative Industries: Insights from Serbia
Pages 93-115
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Global Perspectives on Women’s Leadership and Gender (In)Equality
- Editors
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- Elena V. Shabliy
- Dmitry Kurochkin
- Gloria Ayee
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-41822-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-41822-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-41821-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 244
- Number of Illustrations
- 12 illustrations in colour
- Topics