About the authors

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Discourse, politics and women 1
4. Part I. Discursive features of leadership
5. Chapter 1. “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?” 21
6. Chapter 2. Breaking the glass & keeping the ceiling 43
7. Chapter 3. Under fire 67
8. Part II. Discourse, media and power
9. Chapter 4. Twitter as political discourse 93
10. Chapter 5. Gender and political discourse in Tunisia 121
11. Chapter 6. Julia Gillard 149
12. Chapter 7. Women in politics and the media 169
13. Part III. Leadership, identity and the public
14. Chapter 8. “Thank you for heckling me” 195
15. Chapter 9. Governors debating 217
16. Chapter 10. Discourses of female leaders in postcolonial Hong Kong 251
17. Part IV. Styling the leader
18. Chapter 11. Governing in the gendered structure of power 275
19. Chapter 12. The ball is in the women’s court 293
20. Chapter 13. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 315
21. Conclusion 345
22. About the authors 353
23. Index 359