Pathways into the Political Arena
The Perspectives of Global Women Leaders
1st Edition
Published on 5. January 2020
403 pages
978-1-64113-971-7 (ISBN)
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As epitomized in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, women in politics may hit a "glass ceiling" or in the case of former U.K. Prime Minister, Theresa May in 2019, go over a "glass cliff". Even though women are starting to experience more success gaining offices at state and local levels, women's participation in the political arena is still disproportionately low. This book explores current research findings, development practices, theory, and the lived experience to deliver provocative thinking that enhances leadership knowledge and improves leadership development of women around the world.
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Dionne Rosser-Mims | Janet R. McNellis | Juanita Johnson-Bailey
Pathways into the Political Arena
The Perspectives of Global Women Leaders
Book
04/2020
Information Age Publishing
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Content
- Cover
- Pathways Into the Political Arena: The Perspectives of Global Women Leaders
- Pathways Into the Political Arena: The Perspectives of Global Women Leaders
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- REFERENCES
- I: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY FRAMEWORKS
- 1: TRANSFORMATIONAL ASPECTS OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
- INTRODUCTION
- POLITICAL IDENTITY
- WOMEN'S VIEWS OF POLITICIANS
- MAJOR CHALLENGES
- Reasons for Differences
- Dealing With Societal Expectations
- CHANGES NEEDED FOR TRANSFORMATION TO OCCUR
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- REFERENCES
- 2: BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS TO INCREASING THE PARTICPATION OF WOMEN IN POLITICAL DECISION MAKING: A Translantic Comparison
- INTRODUCTION
- ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND GENDER QUOTAS
- POLITICAL FINANCING
- CANDIDATE SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT
- Intersectionality and Minority Women in Politics
- MEDIA, SEXISM, AND STEREOTYPES
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- 3: WOMEN AND POWER: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
- INTRODUCTION
- POWER
- FEMINIST DEFINITION OF POWER
- RACE AND POWER
- INTERSECTIONALITY
- WOMEN, POWER, AND LEADERSHIP
- GENDER, CULTURE (COLLECTIVE VS. INDIVIDUAL), AND POWER
- VOICES OF WOMEN
- Demographic Information
- Cultural Definition of Power
- Personal Definition of Power
- Personal Experience With Power
- Journey to Leadership: High Points and Low Points
- Would High Points Have Been Different If They Had Been White Males?
- Skills to Obtain Leadership Position
- Women They Admire
- Need for Female Mentors
- The Need for Supportive Networks for Minority Women
- Concerns or Worries About Maintaining Leadership Positions
- Anything Else They Would Like to Share
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- 4: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE FOR WOMEN IN POLITICS
- WOMEN IN POLITICS-WORK LIFE BALANCE
- KNOWN HEALTH RISKS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
- Cardiac Risk
- Female Malignancies
- Diabetes and Obesity
- Menopause and Related Conditions
- PHYSICAL FITNESS
- MENTAL-PHYSICAL CONNECTION
- SLEEP AND REST
- NUTRITION ON THE GO
- VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS-ARE THEY NECESSARY?
- SELF-MOTIVATION FOR HEALTH
- CLARITY AND MEDITATION
- REFERENCES
- II: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN POLITICAL LEADERS
- 5: WOMEN AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA
- INTRODUCTION
- NOTIONS OF LEADERSHIP AND THE AFRICAN WOMAN
- FROM PAST TO PRESENT: WHERE ARE THE WOMEN IN AFRICAN POLITICS?
- ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF AND THE LIBERIAN POLITICAL ODYSSEY
- NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA AND THE AFRICAN UNION
- STILL A GLASS CEILING?
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- 6: PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN POLITICS AND LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA: Challenges and Prospects
- INTRODUCTION
- THEORIES OF GENDER OPPRESSION-PATRIARCHY AND LIBERAL FEMINISM THEORIES
- Patriarchy Approach to Women's Low Participation in Leadership in Nigeria
- Liberal Feminism Approach to Women's Low Participation
- IMPLICATIONS OF WOMEN'S STATUS FOR PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS AND LEADERSHIP
- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS AND LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA
- The Senate and House of Representative
- Participation of Women in Politics and National Development
- Challenges Hindering Nigerian Women's Effective Participation
- Low Participation of Women in Politics
- Women's Marginalization in Political Party Leadership
- EMPOWERMENT TOWARDS PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS AND LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY
- PROSPECTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIAN POLITICS AND LEADERSHIP
- Reducing Extreme Poverty and Economic Empowerment of Women
- Eliminating Employment Discriminatory Practices Against Women and Addressing Labour Issues Affecting Women
- Empowerment of Women in Politics
- CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
- Greater Enrollment of Girls Into Educational Institutions
- Inspiration for Women Who Occupied and Are Occupying Positions of Authority
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
- Characteristics of Women Participation in Politics and Leadership in Nigeria
- Gender Participation in Politics and Leadership in Nigeria
- Factors Affecting Participation of Women in Politics and Leadership in Nigeria
- WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICS AND LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA
- STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY WOMEN IN BREAKING THE BARRIERS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- 7: WOMEN AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN MALI AND NIGER
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I: SOCIOCULTURAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC CONTEXTS
- Culture and the Place of Women in Sahelian Multicultural Societies
- Literacy, Education, and Training
- Poverty and Women's Leadership
- Democracy and Women's Political Leadership in Mali and Niger
- Political Involvement: Women From the Sahel in the Era of Boko Haram, Rebellion, and Jihadism
- PART II: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES FROM EIGHT WOMEN LEADERS FROM MALI AND NIGER
- Emergent Themes From the Interviews of the TwoRespondents From Mali
- Party Leadership Promoted Her Based on Her Merit
- Women Leaders Have to Prove Their Political Competence
- Status and Conditions of Girls and Women in Her Village: Addressing Injustice
- Facing Challenges in Spite of People's Perception of a Female Governor
- Capacity to Identify Strategic Partners to Solve Evolving Problems
- Support From Family
- Mentoring
- Capacity-Building on Citizenship Education and Information, Education, and Communication
- Promotion of Girls' Education
- EMERGENT THEMES FROM THE INTERVIEWS OF THE RESPONDENTS FROM NIGER
- Family Factor, Role Models and Fight Against Social Inequalities and Gender Injustice (Entangled Factors)
- Promotion of Girls and Women's Education and Training
- The Recognition of Merit and Support From Political Leaders
- Application of Quota Law
- Women, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership
- Developing Public Communicative Competence
- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Recommendations: What Can We Do in Light of This Assessment to Promote Women's Political Leadership in Mali and Niger?
- 1. Promote girls' and women's education and training
- 2. Monitor the implementation of quota laws through gender observatories
- 3. Systematically evaluate recruitment and upward mobility in public administration
- 4. Promote women's economic empowerment and advancing women financial inclusion
- 5. Implement capacity-building programs using culturally responsive gender and leadership approaches
- 6. Promotion of Children's Leadership
- 7. Promotion of peaceful and nonviolent communities
- EPILOGUE: PROFILES OF WOMEN LEADERS FROM MALI
- Respondent 1: Mrs. Sy Kadiatou Sow
- Respondent 2: Mrs. Maïga, Sina Damba
- Profiles of Five (5) Respondents From Niger
- REFERENCES
- 8: THE PATHWAY TO POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: Experiences of Women in Uganda
- INTRODUCTION
- Transformational Leadership Theory and the Promotion of Women in Uganda
- Current Status of African Women in Politics
- Government Effort to Promote Women in Leadership in Uganda
- LEGISLATION AND LAW REFORMS
- POLICY FORMULATION
- Project Implementation
- State of Affairs of Women in Political Leadership in Uganda
- Museveni's Idealized Influence and Inspirational Motivation
- WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES
- Challenges Faced by Women in Positions of Political Leadership in Uganda
- Successful Women Politicians-Lessons for Aspiring Women Leaders
- STRENGTHENING WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP
- Individual's Transformation
- Group, Organizational, and Social Transformation
- Globalization Transformation
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- 9: WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES AND POLITICAL PARTIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
- INTRODUCTION
- WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES: GLOBAL OVERVIEW
- POLITICAL PARTIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
- The Impact of the Medical and Charity Models of Disability on Disabled Women's Participation in Political Leadership
- Inclusion of People With Disabilities in Political Manifestos
- Poverty and Women With Disabilities
- Education
- Culture
- Discrimination
- National Constitutions
- Exclusion by Other Women's Groups
- THE DISABILITY MOVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
- CONCLUSION
- Recommendations
- REFERENCES
- 10: AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
- INDIGENOUS POLITICAL REPRESENTATION IN AUSTRALIA
- FOUR CASES OF AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
- POLITICAL PATHWAYS OF AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS FEMALE POLITICAL LEADERS
- PARTY MEMBERSHIP
- BEING RECRUITED BY A POLITICAL PARTY
- READY TO STAND FOR PARLIAMENT
- CAPTAIN'S PICK
- INDIGENOUS IDENTITY AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
- REFERENCES
- 11: WOMEN IN POLITICS IN EUROPE: From Good Intentions to Sustainable Change
- EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CONTEXT TODAY: SNAIL'S PACE AND CONTRADICTORY TRENDS
- The Bumpy Road for Women With Political Aspirations in Europe
- Curtailing Political Ambition Straight From the Classroom
- European Women Will Not Wait Another Century for Equality
- #Metoo Movement in Europe: A Game-Changer?
- MOVING TOWARDS MORE WOMEN IN POLITICS
- CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- 12: MEDIA DISCOURSES OF WOMEN IN POLITICS IN CANADA, 2011-2017: The Ecstasy and the Agony
- INTRODUCTION
- LITERATURE REVIEW
- METHODS
- FINDINGS
- Context
- NARRATIVES OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN IN POLITICS
- COUNTERDISCOURSES
- Counternarratives
- Over the Glass Cliff
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- III: PERSONAL IS POLITICAL: EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN POLITICAL LEADERS
- 13: UTAH STATE LEGISLATURE: Sacrifice, Serendipity, and Service
- SACRIFICE, SERENDIPITY, AND SERVICE
- 14: MARYLAND STATE SENATE: The Oath and the Office
- THE OATH AND THE OFFICE
- I, Mary Beth Carozza..
- . the Constitution of the United States
- .. and That I Will Be Faithful and Bear True Allegiance to the State of Maryland
- So Help Me God..
- 15: WOMEN MAYORS IN U.S. CITIES: Leading Authentically and Ethically
- INTRODUCTION
- METHOD
- Design and Procedure
- Participants
- OPPORTUNITIES AND STAIRSTEPS
- ROLE MODELS, MENTORSHIPS, AND MOTIVATION
- KEY AUTHENTIC AND ETHICAL LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES
- Authentic Leadership
- ETHICAL LEADERSHIP
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- 16: A MAYOR'S TOOL BOX: Berne's Ego System, Karpman's Drama Triangle, and Assertiveness Training
- REFERENCES
- 17: THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO WASHINGTON: An Analysis of Joni Ernst and the Gendered Electoral Process
- INTRODUCTION
- UNDERREPRESENTATION CAUSES
- PROMINENT FEMALE NATIONAL CANDIDATES
- GENDERED CONCEPTS
- METHODOLOGY
- RESULTS
- DISCUSSION
- REFERENCES
- 18: ANGELA MERKEL: Leadership Hausfrau-Style
- INTRODUCTION
- MERKEL AND TRUMP: OR HOW HER BACKGROUND SHAPED HER
- RUNNING AGAIN: THE ART OF HESITATION
- GAY MARRIAGE IN GERMANY: THE ART OF PRAGMATISM
- BREXIT AND "MUTTI"
- Merkel's Style of Leadership
- REFERENCES
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- ABOUT THE EDITORS
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- Backcover
