Through the political glass ceiling : race to prime ministership by Trinidad & Tobago's first female : selected speeches /
Text provides roadmaps of Persad-Bissessar's journey into T & T's highest political offices, through to the defining moments of the May 2010 snap election. It also presents the paradox of politics and society in Trinidad and Tobago in the context of the leadership between the country&#...
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St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago :
Kris Rampersad,
[2010]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : a clash of political cultures
- Stepping through the glass ceiling
- The Vision: national & political unity
- Gender: to be woman and leader
- Eternal vigilance : engaging partner watchdogs
- A Woman's place in the House ... of Parliament
- As Leader of the Opposition
- Guard democracy
- Budget responses as Leader of the Opposition
- As Minister of Education: towards an intelligent nation
- As Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs
- On matters of urgent public importance
- A matter of privilege
- Matters of integrity
- Born into multiculturalism