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Afro-Brazilian Women
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Brazilian Feminism
Brazilian Feminists
Carina Perelli
Carmen Ramos Escandn
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Chilean Women's Movement
Chilean Women’s Movement
Civil Society
comparative feminist theory
De La Mujer
democratization case studies
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Feminist Transformational Project
gender
gender policy analysis
Independent Groups
Instituto De La Mujer
interests
Jane S. Jaquette
Latin American Feminist
Latin American social movements
Lower Class Urban Women
Marcela Mara Alejandra Nari
Maria del Carmen Feijo
Maruja Barrig
mujer
Mujeres Por La
Nicaraguan Feminists
Nicaraguan Women
Norma Stoltz Chinchilla
organizations
participation
Patricia M. Chuchryk
political
political mobilization research
Popular Women's Movements
Popular Women’s Movements
practical
Practical Gender Interests
practices
Programa Nacional De Solidaridad
qualitative political science
Servicio Nacional De La Mujer
Shantytown Women
Sonia E. Alvarez
strategic
Strategic Gender Interests
United Left Front
Vaso De Leche
women's activism in democratic transitions
Women's Movement Organizations
Women's Political Participation
Women's Political Practices
womens
Women’s Movement Organizations
Women’s Political Participation
Women’s Political Practices
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- ISBN 9780813384887
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 11 Oct 1994
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 case studies, on Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru, examine the origins, evolution, and goals of women's organizations as they worked together to end authoritarian rule and elaborate how women's groups have adapted in the 1990s to the day-to-day realities of democratic politics. In the 1990s, the challenge has shifted from mobilizing opposition to the very different task of working with parties and government bureaucracies in order to maintain and implement their agendas. The chapters on Nicaragua and Mexico broaden our understanding of political transitions.Seven case studies vividly illustrate the variety of women's movements in the region, ranging from the communal-kitchens movements to human rights groups. Each author discusses the strategies and debates of the feminist movements in question and records their political successes and failures. Jaquette's introductory and concluding essays provide a comparative framework, highlighting the innovative ways in which Latin American women are making gender a political issue.
Jane S. Jaquette is professor of politics and chair of the Diplomacy and World Affairs Department at Occidental College, Los Angeles.
