Women and politics around the world : a comparative history and survey / Joyce Gelb, Marian Lief Palley, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

volume1. Issues -- Some theoretical perspectives on women in the modern world / Claire E. Rasmussen -- Women and globalization / Candace C. Archer -- Political development and women's status around the world / Farida Jalazai -- Economic development and women / Ranjeeta Basu -- Education for women in comparative perspective / Candice D. Ortbals -- Candidate gender quotas / Mona Lena Krook -- Sexual rights as human rights : resituating feminist analysis of sexual violence in wartime / Jennifer Gaboury -- Carrying the world on her back : reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and women's rights -- Breast-feeding practices, policies, and politics in a global context / Karen M. Kedrowski, Michael E. Lipscomb -- Political pathways to child care policy : the role of gender in state-building / Kristin A. Goss, Shauna L. Shames -- Violence against women / S. Laurel Weldon -- Trafficking and the international market in women and girls / Amy Risley -- Women and microfinance / Susan R. Jones --

volume 2. Country profiles -- Argentina's women : don't cry for us / Magda Hinojosa -- State-society nexus and gender : Armenian women in postcommunist context / Anna Ohanyan -- Australian women : repertoires of change / Gwen Gray, Marian Sawer -- Women and politics in Canada : more image than substance / Alexandra Dobrowolsky -- Chinese women : a social context analysis for understanding gender equality in China / Zhongxin Sun -- Women in Danish politics : challenges to the notion of gender equality / Christina Fiig -- Women in El Salvador : continuing to struggle / Irina Carlota Silber, Jocelyn Viterna -- German women and the quest for gender equality / Nicole Richardt -- India's women : problems, prospects, and progress / Tinaz Pavri -- Japanese women : in pursuit of gender equality / Sherry L. Martin -- A mosaic of women's lives in Mexico / Linda S. Stevenson -- The Middle East and North Africa : social change and women's rights / Valentine M. Moghadam -- From mobilization to organization : women in Mozambique / Jennifer Leigh Disney -- From pioneers to players : women in the Netherlands / Monique Leyenaar -- Beauty troubles : gender and difference in Nigeria's developing democracy / Rita Kiki Edozie -- Russian women : seeking a place in Russian society / Carol Nechemias -- Women in Spain : many goals still to be reached / Celia Valiente -- Women in Swedish politics : an irreversible model of gender equality? / Lenita Freidenvall -- Women in Switzerland : from backwardness to uneven progress / Gesine Fuchs -- Women in Taiwan : the opportunities and limits of socioeconomic and political change for women's empowerment / Cal Clark and Janet Clark -- Thailand : approaches to the gender paradox / Elin Bjarnegård -- Women in the United States / Sarah E. Brewer..