2nd Edition
The Women's Movement In Latin America Participation And Democracy
By Jane Jaquette
Copyright 1994
272 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
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For those interested in democratic transition and consolidation, social movements, and gender politics, this volume is the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and probing analysis available of how women's groups are helping to reshape Latin America. The contributors document and assess the remarkable wave of women's political participation in Latin America over the past two decades. The first five... Read more
Introduction: From Transition to Participation— Women’s Movements and Democratic Politics -- The (Trans) formation of Feminism(s) and Gender Politics in Democratizing Brazil -- From Dictatorship to Democracy: The Women’s Movement in Chile -- Women and Democracy in Argentina -- The Uses of Conservatism: Women’s Democratic Politics in Uruguay -- The Difficult Equilibrium Between Bread and Roses: Women’s Organizations and Democracy in Peru -- Feminism, Revolution, and Democratic Transitions in Nicaragua -- Women’s Movements, Feminism, and Mexican Politics -- Conclusion: Women’s Political Participation and the Prospects for Democracy
Biography
Jane S. Jaquette is professor of politics and chair of the Diplomacy and World Affairs Department at Occidental College, Los Angeles.
