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100	1		_aGeisler, Gisela G.
245	1	0	_aWomen and the remaking of politics in Southern Africa : _bnegotiating autonomy, incorporation, and representation / _cGisela Geisler.
260			_aUppsala : _bNordiska Afrikainstitutet, _cc2004.
300			_a241 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.
505			_a African women in/and politics: issues and realities Women's participation in nationalist movements and liberation struggles: fighting men's wars Asserting women's liberation within national liberation: the case of the South African women's movement The women's league syndrome: a non-decision-making machinery Ambitious but marginalised: women's desks and ministries Women's organizations and movements: sometimes autonomy but often no unity Struggling on all fronts: women politicians
520			_aThis book traces the history of women's political involvement in Southern Africa, in anti-colonial struggles and against apartheid, analyzes the post-colonial outcomes and examines the strategies that have been employed by women's movements to gain a foothold in politics. It looks in detail at the experiences of women both in and with the women's wings of political parties through the early years of independence up to today, discusses the successes and failures of national machinery for the advancement of women and analyses the activities of women's movements over time. Extensive material from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa is compared and juxtaposed, as women politicians and women's movements learned from each others' experiences over time. The study also critically addresses the uneasy relationship between the women's movements and the state, and between women activists and women politicians as they have negotiated cooptation, integration and exclusion. Based on an extensive literature review and innumerable interviews with women politicians and activists as well as fieldwork, and spanning half a century and half a continent, the historical depth and geographical spread of the study put it in a class of its own. - Publisher
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650		0	_aWomen _zAfrica, Southern.
650		0	_aWomen's rights _zAfrica, Southern.
650		0	_aWomen _zAfrica, Southern
650		0	_aPolitical participation _zAfrica, Southern.
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