Women As National Leaders

by Genovese, Michael A.

• ISBN13: 9780803943384
• ISBN10: 0803943385
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-02-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns

Summary

This volume focuses on the careers of seven women who are, or have been, leaders of nations: Golda Meir, Isabel Per[ac]on, Corazon Aquino, Violeta Chamorro, Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto and Margaret Thatcher.Contributors to this comparative study use case studies to examine critical issues including: context; biographical factors; the path to power; leadership style; and to what extent gender mattered in a leader's rise and performance.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Women as Chief Executives: Does Gender Matter?	1	(12)
Michael A. Genovese
Seth Thompson
Managing Softly in Turbulent Times: Corazon C. Aquino, President of the Philippines	13	(28)
Jeanne-Marie Col
Benazir Bhutto and Dynastic Politics: her Father's Daughter, Her People's Sister	41	(29)
Nancy Fix Anderson
Women in Power in Nicaragua: Myth and Reality	70	(33)
Michelle A. Saint-Germain
Indira Gandhi and the Exercise of Power	103	(32)
Jana Everett
Golda Meir: A very Public Life	135	(26)
Seth Thompson
Peronisma: Isabel Peron and the Politics of Argentina	161	(16)
Sara J. Weir
Margaret Thatcher and the Politics of Conviction Leadership	177	(34)
Michael A. Genovese
Women as National Leaders: What Do We Know?	211	(8)
Michael A. Genovese
Women as National Leaders: Patterns and Prospects	219	(11)
Patricia Lee Sykes
Index	230	(10)
About the Authors	240