Governing in a Global World

Women in Public Service
Herausgeber: D'Agostino, Maria J.; Rubin, Marilyn Marks

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Governing in a Global World captures the panorama of women governing around the world. Taken together, the chapters illustrate the worldwide importance of, and challenges to, promoting gender equality and women governing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9781138925632
• ISBN-10: 1138925632
• Artikelnr.: 43676090

Autorenporträt

Maria J. D'Agostino is Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Public Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She is also a member of the UNDP roster of experts in Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Public Administration and co-founder of Women in the Public Sector at John Jay College. She is the guest editor of the Women and Public Administration Symposium recently published in Administration & Society and is a recipient of the Faculty Mid-Career Research Award. Marilyn Marks Rubin is a professor at John Jay College of the City University of New York and is Director of the College's MPA Program. She has been a consultant on fiscal policy, economic development and strategic planning for US municipal, state and federal entities and has authored several publications on fiscal policy and budget-related issues. Rubin is a Fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Women in Public Service: A Long Slow Path to Gender Equality
[Marilyn Marks Rubin] 2. A Global Comparison of Women in the Workforce:
Moving Toward Innovative Solutions [Helisse Levine and Maria J. D'Agostino]
3. Changing Perspectives on Women in Public Service: A Short History of
Attitudes and Practices [Camilla Stivers] 4. Breaking the Mold: Women as
International Leaders [Mary E. Guy and Samantha J. Larson] 5. Gender
Equality and the Ballot Box: The Global Situation of Women Legislators
[Silvana Koch-Mehrin] 6. Women as Public Sector Leaders: A Long Way from
Gender Parity [Uschi Schreiber] 7. Equality for Women in Sub-Sahara Africa:
Still a Long Road to Travel [Sebawit G. Bishu] 8. Latin American Women in
Public Service: Progress, but not yet Equality [Melissa Gomez Hernandez]
9. Women in Leadership Positions in the Middle East: A Region of Gender
Equality Paradoxes [Ghada Barsoum] 10. Women Governing: The Egyptian
Perspective [Laila El Baradei] 11. Women Governing in China: Not Yet
Holding Up Half the Sky[Marilyn Marks Rubin and Wenxuan Yu] 12. Women in
International NGOs: Status, Challenges, And Opportunities [Shamima Ahmed]
13. Time to Care: Paid Family Leave as Baseline Support for Gender Equality
in Employment [Deborah Brennan and Sue Williamson] 14. Institutional
Mechanisms for Advancing Gender Equity in Educating for the Public Service
[Nadia Rubaii] 15. Gender Equity Worldwide: Where We Are and Where to From
Here? [Sharon Mastracci]