The Women's Movement In Latin America: Participation And Democracy, Second Edition Thematic Studies in Latin America

Format	Trade paperback
ISBN	9780813384887
Publisher	Westview Press
Manufacturer	Westview Press

The Women's Movement in Latin America: Participation and Democracy, Second Edition is a book that examines the participation of women in Latin American politics. The book has five case studies that focus on Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru. The case studies discuss the origins, evolution, and goals of women's organizations in each country and how they have adapted to the day-to-day realities of democratic politics. Jaquette's introductory and concluding essays provide a comparative framework that highlights the innovative ways in which Latin American women are making gender a political issue.

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.