Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa
Despite a late and fitful start, democracy in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe has recently shown promising growth. Kathleen M. Fallon discusses the role of women and women's advocacy groups in furthering the democratic transformation of formerly autocratic states.\ Using Ghana as a case study, Fallon examines the specific processes women are using to bring about political change. She assesses information gathered from interviews and surveys conducted in Ghana and assays the existing...
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Despite a late and fitful start, democracy in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe has recently shown promising growth. Kathleen M. Fallon discusses the role of women and women's advocacy groups in furthering the democratic transformation of formerly autocratic states.Using Ghana as a case study, Fallon examines the specific processes women are using to bring about political change. She assesses information gathered from interviews and surveys conducted in Ghana and assays the existing literature to provide a focused look at how women have become involved in the democratization of sub-Saharan nations.In demonstrating how women's activism is evolving with and shaping democratization across the region, Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa reveals how women's social movements are challenging the barriers created by colonization and dictatorships.
List of Acronyms1 Reclaiming Power 12 Queenmothers, Colonization, and the Struggle for Legitimacy 173 Democracy in Perspective 354 The Iron Fist 565 Capturing Democracy 756 Big Men, Small Girls, and the Politics of Power 957 Women on the Move 113App. A Methods 127App. B Survey Data 134References 149Index 163
\ Midwest Book ReviewA groundbreaking chronicle... Highly recommended for both public and college library collections.\ \ \ \ \ Journal of Modern African StudiesAn engaging and thought-provoking read and a welcome contribution to our thinking about women's emerging political roles and opportunities.\ — Andrea Brown\ \ \ \ Canadian Journal of SociologyFallon makes an important contribution to understanding democratization and the experiences of sub-Saharan African women’s movements. This work will undoubtedly spur discussion among scholars of women and democratization, and future comparative studies of women’s mobilization in sub-Saharan Africa will build on this solid foundation.\ — Julie Kaye\ \ \ \ \ \ International Studies ReviewAll scholars of social movements and comparative politics, and in particular by specialists in African studies and gender and politics, should read Fallon’s book. It is a model of the power of a well-grounded case study that pushes scholarship toward broader implications.\ \ \ \ \ Contemporary SociologyFallon’s work presents an insightful distillation of a large and important set of events and issues. I am impressed with the stages she proposes as critical turning points in the evolution of the women’s movement in Sub-Saharan Africa and specific evidence she provides to describe those periods and their transitions.\ \ \ \ \ ChoiceAn important contribution to the literature [that] should be included in college and university libraries.\ \ \ \ \ African Studies ReviewDemocracy and the Rise of Women’s Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa deepens our understanding of the African women’s activism that coincided with democratization across the continent in the 1990s and 2000s.\ — Gretchen Bauer\ \ \
