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African Women

A Political Economy

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  1. Meredeth Turshen
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Political Economy of Women in Africa

    • Meredeth Turshen
    Pages 1-21

  3. Exceptionalism Is a Feminist Issue in Southern Africa

    • Patricia McFadden
    Pages 23-33

  4. Domestic Workers in South Africa: Class, Race, and Gender

    • Deborah Gaitskell, Judy Kimble, Moira Maconachie, Elaine Unterhalter
    Pages 35-51

  5. The Proletarianization of Women in Tanzania

    • Deborah Fahy Bryceson
    Pages 53-69

  6. Gender and Contract Farming: Growing Tea in Kenya

    • Dorthe von Bülow, Anne Sørensen
    Pages 71-84

  7. Capitalist Development and Women’s Work: A Nigerian Case Study

    • Carolyne Dennis
    Pages 85-96

  8. Structural Adjustment and Women in Zimbabwe

    • Nazneen Kanji, Niki Jazdowska
    Pages 97-111

  9. Women in Mozambique: Gender Struggles and Gender Politics

    • Signe Arnfred
    Pages 113-128

  10. Angolan Women’s Congress

    • Marga Holness
    Pages 129-135

  11. Strategies for Change: Women and Politics in Eritrea and South Africa

    • Dan Connell
    Pages 137-154

  12. The Nigerian Feminist Movement: Lessons from Women in Nigeria (WIN)

    • Bene E. Madunagu
    Pages 155-165

  13. Isis-WICCE Continues to Bring Women Together

    • Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng
    Pages 167-172

  14. Sudanese Women Writing Their Status

    • Asma Mohamed Abdel Halim
    Pages 173-182

  15. Tuareg Women, Gender Politics, and Rebellion in Niger Republic

    • Ousseina Alidou
    Pages 183-194

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 195-217
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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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MEREDETH TURSHEN Professor of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, USA.

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