LEADER 03181nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910451158103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-36816-4 010 $a9786611368166 010 $a1-4039-7949-9 024 7 $a10.1057/9781403979490 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342654 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000273093 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11244085 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273093 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10309731 035 $a(PQKB)10570704 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7949-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC308399 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL308399 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135431 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136816 035 $a(OCoLC)437187521 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342654 100 $a20050317d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen and collective action in Africa$b[electronic resource] $edevelopment, democratization, and empowerment, with special focus on Sierra Leone /$fby Filomina Chioma Steady 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4039-7083-1 311 $a1-4039-7082-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [179]-199) and index. 330 $aThis book examines women's movements and women's collective action in Africa. Steady begins her examination in pre-colonial times, moving through the colonial period to the present. She looks at the various arenas which collective action has and can influence, comparing the impact on economic growth, education, democratizations, family formation, and women's rights. Steady uses Sierra Leone as the focus of her inquiry, in order for a detailed story to illustrate larger themes, but in every area makes comparisons to different parts of Africa; the case study here guides a larger inquiry. Written as a text, the book carefully explains the theoretical ideas (e.g., all key terms are defined, and then there is a discussion of how they relate to African issues specifically) and the historical knowledge (e.g., all historical events are described, there is no assumption of knowledge of African history) necessary to understand the meaning of current women's groups. What results is a clear and comprehensive treatment of an issue which is increasingly central to understanding changes taking place on the African continent today. 606 $aWomen$zAfrica$xSocieties and clubs 606 $aNon-governmental organizations$zAfrica 606 $aWomen in development$zAfrica 606 $aFeminism$zAfrica 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen$xSocieties and clubs. 615 0$aNon-governmental organizations 615 0$aWomen in development 615 0$aFeminism 676 $a305.42/096 700 $aSteady$b Filomina Chioma$0969427 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451158103321 996 $aWomen and collective action in Africa$92202973 997 $aUNINA