Women, power, and political systems / edited by Margherita Rendel with the assistance of Georgina Ashworth.

"A selection from the papers presented at the meeting of the Sex Roles and Politics Research Committee (then Study Group) of the International Political Science Association held at the University of Essex and at the International Congress of IPSA in Moscow in August 1979"--Pref.

Includes index.

Women, power and political systems / Margherita Rendel -- Women and citizenship / Judith Stiehm -- Women's role in the formulation of public policies in Brazil / Fanny Tabak -- Women's education and participation in the labour force / Keziah Awosika -- Women in government as policy makers and bureaucrats / Nermin Abadan-Unat -- Creating employment opportunities for rural women / Najma Sachak -- Demography, political reform, and women's issues in Czechoslovakia / Sharon L. Wolchik -- A hard day's night / Ilona Kickbusch -- Technology, women's work, and the social control of women / Joan Rothschild -- Women's employment networks / Jeanne Marie Col -- The impact of the women's movement and legislative activity of women on MPs on social development / Sirkka Sinkkonen and Elina Haavio-Mannila -- Will women judges make a difference in women's legal rights? / Beverley B. Cook -- Future perspectives / Margherita Rendel.