Women in World Politics: An Introduction

What roles do women play in world politics? Who are these women and what impact do they have on international relations? This text is a collection of diverse answers to these questions by a variety of contributors. Some contributors consider women as national leaders and profile Chamorro, Gandhi, Thatcher and Aquino as examples. Autobiographical essays and interviews describe the experiences of Margaret Anstee, Benazir Bhutto, Jeane Kirkpatrick and Golda Meir. Other contributors analyse the international women’s movements, the roles of women in the Green movement and in the revolutionary movements in Cuba and Nicaragua, and the work of Jane Addams in the peace movement. Finally, some analyse the attitudes and beliefs of America’s leading opinion makers on the subject of women and men in leadership roles.