Measuring Women's Political Empowerment Across the Globe: Strategies, Challenges and Future Research (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783319876979)

Introduction to Measuring Women's Political Empowerment across the Globe: Strategies, Challenges and Future Research; Amy C. Alexander, Catherine Bolzendahl and Farida Jalalzai.- Women's Political Empowerment through Public Opinion Research: The Citizen Perspective; Amy C. Alexander, Hilde Coffé.- The Status of Women's Empowerment Worldwide; Senem Ertan, Catalina Monroy, Juan Pablo.- Intersectionality and Women's Political Empowerment Worldwide; Melanie Hughes, Joshua Dubrow, .- Social Movements as Women's Political Empowerment: The Case for Measurement; Kathleen Fallon, Heidi Rademacher.- Women's Empowerment at the Local Level; Aksel Sündstrom, Lena Wängnerud.- Electing Women to National Legislatures; Diana Z. O'Brien, Jennifer Piscopo.- Legislatures as Gendered Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for Women's Empowerment as Political Elites; Catherine Bolzendahl.- The Empowerment of Women in Diplomacy; Ann Towns, Anne-Kathrin Kreft, Birgitta Niklasson.- Measuring Women's Judicial Empowerment as Part of Political Empowerment; Sally J. Kenney.- Women Cabinet Ministers in Highly Visible Posts and Empowerment of Women: Are the Two Related?; Tiffany Barnes, Michelle Taylor-Robinson.- Women Heads of States and Government; Farida Jalalzai.-Conclusions and Future Directions; Amy C. Alexander, Catherine Bolzendahl, Farida Jalalzai..