African Women A Political Economy

This book will present three main themes of African women: African feminism, women and work, and women and politics, to inform readers of the current debates, to encourage new thinking on these issues, and to indicate areas for needed research. By gaining a theoretical understanding of African women from the perspective of political economy, this text will encourage scholars to evaluate the political and economic aspects of this field of African women's studies critically.

Meredeth Turshen is Professor of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.