"The essays are provocative and enhance knowledge of Third World women's issues. Highly recommended . . . " —Choice " . . . the book challenges assumptions an

Women and Politics in the Third World is the first comprehensive textbook on women's political activities in the third world. It provides a feminist analytical

This work offers a gendered analysis of Third World politics. It uses a wide definition of the political to examine both high politics and political activity at

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

More than half of the world's farmers are women. They are the majority of the poor, the uneducated and are the first to suffer from drought and famine. Yet thei