Women and the State in Africa - Parpart, Jane L.; Staudt, Kathleen A. 1946- (Boulder, Colorado Lynne Rienner, 1989)
Women and the state in Africa / Jane L. Parpart and Kathleen A. Staudt -- Part 1 : Theoretical debates -- Gender relations, class formation, and the colonial state in Africa / Margot Lovett -- Gender, class, and state in Africa / Robert Fatton, Jr. -- Part 2 : Case studies -- Kaba and khaki : women and the militarized state in Nigeria / Nina Mba -- State, peasantry, and agrarian crisis in Zaire : does gender make a difference? / Catherine Newbury and Brooke Grundfest Schoepf -- "This is an unforgettable business" : colonial state intervention in urban Tanzania / Marjorie Mbilinyi -- Women and the state : Zambia's development politics and their impact on women / Monica L. Munachonga -- The black market and women traders in Lusaka, Zambia / Karen Tranberg Hansen -- Zimbabwe : state, class, and gendered models of land resettlement / Susan Jacobs -- Gender perspectives on African states / Naomi Chazan.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Women in politics -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Sex role -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Women|xPolitical activity|zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.; Sex role|zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.; Women|zAfrica, Sub-Saharan|xSocial conditions; Sexos, Papel de los|zAfrica, Sur del Sahara