No Shortcuts to Power

Anne Marie Goetz is a political scientist and Fellow of the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.Shireen Hassim is a political scientist and lecturer at the Department of Political Science of the University of Witwatersrand.

'An exciting, timely and well-conceptualised book that will be of immense value in the fields of politics, development and gender studies.' Professor Amina Mama, African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town'One of best books ever to make the intellectual case for women's engagement in politics.' Professor Kathleen Staudt, University of Texas at El Paso'Offers a very interesting, quite subtle, comparision of the ways women have influenced but also utilised political institutions established by the new political regimes in South Africa and Uganda.' Vicky Randall, University of Essex'For teachers looking for that "one book" on African women and contemporary politics, this would be an excellent choice.'African Studies Review

• ContentsPreface1. Introduction: Women in Power in Uganda and South Africa - Anne Marie Goetz and Shireen Hassim2. Women's Political Effectiveness - A Conceptual Framework - Anne Marie Goetz3. Representation, participation and democratic effectiveness: Feminist challenges to representative democracy in South Africa - Shireen Hassim4. The Problem with Patronage: Constraints on Women's Political Effectiveness in Uganda - Anne Marie Goetz5. The Politics of Engagement: Women Transforming the Policy Process - Domestic Violence Legislation in South Africa - Sheila Meintjes6. The 'Lost Clause' - The Campaign to Advance Women's Property Rights in the Uganda 1998 Land Act - Sheila Kawamara-Mishambi and Irene Ovonji-Odida7. Democratising local government: Problems and opportunities in the advancement of gender equality - Likhapha Mbatha8. Gender Equity and Local Democracy in Contemporary Uganda: Addressing the Challenge of Women's Political Effectiveness in Local Government - Josephine Ahikire