Description: Further DetailsTitle: Lady Macbeth's SistersCondition: NewFormat: HardbackSubtitle: Women's Power in Political Elites in the Transition from Monarchy to DemocracyISBN-10: 904292554XEAN: 9789042925540ISBN: 9789042925540Publisher: Peeters PublishersRelease Date: 12/31/2011Description: Within women's history the symbolic importance of the vote to generations of feminists has meant the relative absence of historical investigation into the nature of power of women within political elites. However, from ancient times onwards, women have found themselves at the political apex, often as a consequence of their position within a kinship system. Recent interest in gender relations in and around parliament and party has shifted the focus back to women who belonged to the upper class. This volume seeks to address a number of revisions in the ongoing debate on the history of women's political power by highlighting the changing power resources available to women in the context of institutional change.Using a biographical approach the authors demonstrate how female political power since the early-modern era changed and was in certain respects diminished as consequence of the modern transition from monarchy to de-mocracy. In the final chapters, however, they document how women fought back and succeeded in gaining ' if not yet equality ' at least a firm foothold in politics.For historians and philosophers alike the question of whether the democratisation of European politics held an unequivocal advantage for women is as urgent as ever.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: BEContributor: H. Hoekstra (Edited by), J. Oldersma (Edited by)Author: H. HoekstraGenre: Arts & PhotographyBook Series: Groningen Studies in Cultural ChangeRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Lady Macbeth's Sisters
Title: Lady Macbeth's Sisters
Subtitle: Women's Power in Political Elites in the Transition from Monarchy
ISBN-10: 904292554X
EAN: 9789042925540
ISBN: 9789042925540
Release Date: 12/31/2011
Release Year: 2011
Country/Region of Manufacture: BE
Contributor: J. Oldersma (Edited by)
Genre: Arts & Photography
Number of Pages: 225 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Lady Macbeth's Sisters : Women's Power in Political Elites in the Transition from Monarchy to Democracy
Publisher: Peeters Publishers & Booksellers
Subject: Feminism & Feminist Theory, Women in Politics, Social History, Women's Studies, Europe / General, Sociology / Social Theory
Publication Year: 2011
Item Weight: 9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: J. Oldersma
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, History
Series: Groningen Studies in Cultural Change Ser.
Format: Hardcover
