Women and States

by Ann E. Towns

Momentous changes in the relation between women and the state have advanced women's status around the globe. Women were barred from public affairs a century ago, yet almost every state now recognizes equal voting rights and exhibits a national policy bureau for the advancement of women. Sex quotas for national legislatures are increasingly common. Ann E. Towns explains these changes by providing a novel account of how norms work in international society...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521768853
• ISBN13: 9780521768856
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"