African first ladies, politics and the state

dc.contributor.authorVan Wyk, Jo-Ansie Karina
dc.contributor.authorMuresan, Arina
dc.contributor.authorNyere, Chidochashe
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-02T09:40:54Z
dc.date.available2019-10-02T09:40:54Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractWhereas first ladies (i.e. the wives of presidents or prime ministers) of various countries have been studied, first ladies of African states remain under-researched. Due to their proximity to the executive and other decision-makers, first ladies have considerable political influence. In some cases on the African continent, former and incumbent first ladies have expressed political ambitions and involved themselves in the official affairs of the state. A number of first ladies have also been instrumental in entrenching undemocratic rule in African states, thus affecting the fundamentals of state-society relations. The authors, therefore, aim to add to the limited scholarship on first ladies in Africa and their influence on gender and power relations in African states. For this reason, the authors present a first analysis of the data of the African First Ladies Database (AFLD) compiled by the authors. The purpose is to determine and analyse the political role and influence of the wives (and thus first ladies) of some of Africa’s 10 longest-ever serving leaders on the gender, politics, policy and the state in their respective countries.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPolitical Sciencesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2019en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://journals.co.za/content/journal/politen_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://upjournals.co.za/index.php/Politeiaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Wyk, J.S., Muresan, A. & Nyere, C. 2018, 'African first ladies, politics and the state', Politeia, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 1-20.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0256-8845
dc.identifier.other10.25159/0256-8845/4520
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/71531
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUnisa Pressen_ZA
dc.rights© Unisa Press 2018en_ZA
dc.subjectAfricaen_ZA
dc.subjectChaden_ZA
dc.subjectEritreaen_ZA
dc.subjectFirst ladyen_ZA
dc.subjectUgandaen_ZA
dc.subjectZimbabween_ZA
dc.titleAfrican first ladies, politics and the stateen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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