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Melinda Adams

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Publications

11

Citations

491

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11

Active since

2006

Affiliations

James Madison University(Current)

Azim Premji University

Melinda Adams is an author at James Madison University specializing in gender studies, feminist theory, and social sciences.

Top concepts

GenderFeminist TheorySocial SciencesPoliticsSociologyGender EqualityFeminist Political TheorySocial ChangeWomen EmpowermentFeminist Scholarship

Publications per year

2006–2020

11

Publications

11

Gender Norms and Women's Political Representation: A Global Analysis of Cabinets, 1979–2009

Suraj Jacob, John A. Scherpereel, Melinda Adams · Governance · 2013 · 105 citations

Women Empowerment, Women's Right, Political Behavior +17

Breaking the Final Glass Ceiling: The Influence of Gender in the Elections of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Michelle Bachelet

Gwynn Thomas, Melinda Adams · Journal of Women Politics & Policy · 2010 · 85 citations

Women Empowerment, Women's Right, Social Sciences +18

Liberia's Election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Women's Executive Leadership in Africa

Melinda Adams · Politics & Gender · 2008 · 72 citations

Women's Right, African Development, Ellen Johnson-sirleaf +14

The Representation of Women in African Legislatures and Cabinets: An Examination with Reference to Ghana

Melinda Adams, John A. Scherpereel, Suraj Jacob · Journal of Women Politics & Policy · 2016 · 48 citations

Regional Advocacy Networks and the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa

Melinda Adams, Alice J. Kang · Politics & Gender · 2007 · 43 citations

Women's Right, African Political Thought, Social Change +24

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