The Women's Movement In Latin America: Participation And Democracy (Thematic Studies in Latin America)
By Jane Jaquette.
Description
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 el...
ISBN(s)
0813384885, 9780813384887
