Farida Jalalzai

author, co-author and editor of "Measuring Women's Political Empowerment Across the Globe: Strategies, Challenges and Future Research”

January 11, 2019

Dr. Farida Jalalzai is the Hannah Atkins Endowed Chair, professor and head of the Department of Political Science. Her research analyzes the representation and behavior of women and minorities in politics and the role of gender in the political arena. Her work focuses on women national leaders.

“Measuring Women's Political Empowerment Across the Globe: Strategies, Challenges and Future Research” brings together leading gender and politics scholars to assess how women’s political empowerment can best be conceptualized and measured on a global scale. It argues that women’s political empowerment is a fundamental process of transformation for benchmarking and understanding all political empowerment gains across the globe.

Chapters improve our global understanding of women's political empowerment through cross-national comparisons, a synthesis of methodological approaches across varied levels of politics, and attention to the ways gender intersects with myriad factors in shaping women’s political empowerment. This book is an indispensable resource for scholars of politics and gender, as well as being relevant to a global scholarly and policy community.

URL: https://library-dep.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2019-honorees/farida-jalalzai

Last Updated: 14 January 2019