This book provides a comprehensive view of women's political participation in Latin America. Focusing on the latter half of the twentieth century, it examines five different arenas of action and debate: political institutions, workplaces, social movements, revolutions, and feminisms. Nikki Craske explores the ways in which women have become more effective in the public arena as the context of politics has altered.
This book provides a comprehensive view of women's political participation in Latin America. Focusing on the latter half of the twentieth century, it examines five different arenas of action and debate: political institutions, workplaces, social movements, revolutions, and feminisms. Nikki Craske explores the ways in which women have become more effective in the public arena as the context of politics has altered.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Nikki Craske is a lecturer in politics at Queen's University of Belfast. She has coedited Mexico and the North American Free Trade Agreement: Who Will Benefit? and Dismantling the Mexican State.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Tables Acknowledgements Acronyms Argument Why women? Political exclusion The shifting terrain Mothers, women, citizens: tensions Organization of the book Conclusions Women and Political Identity in Latin America Introduction Constructing gender relations Machismo and marianismo Conceptualizing women's political participation Gender interests Developing citizenship Conclusions Setting the Scene Introduction Latin American political systems in the twentieth century Economic developments Social structures Latin American women: a glance at the statistics Conclusions Formal Political Representation: Governments, Parties and Bureaucracies Introduction The struggle for formal citizenship Women's legislative representation and office holding Government impact on women's political participation Political parties Bureaucracies Conclusions The Impact of Work on Political Identity Introduction Changing work experiences Collective action in the workplace The political implications of work Conclusions Social Movements: Consumer and Human Rights Organizations Introduction The rise of social movements The development of consumer organizations Human rights organizations: the origins Structures and organization Facilitating organizations: professionalization of protest Political implications of social movements Constraints Conclusions Revolutionary Empowerment? Introduction The armed struggles The revolutionary states Cuba Nicaragua Counter-revolution Conclusions Feminisms in Latin America Introduction Feminist or feminine? The roots of feminism in Latin America Second-wave feminism Contemporary feminism and the Regional Feminist Meetings State feminism Conclusions: challenges to feminism in the 1990s Conclusions: Politics: an Ambivalent Experience Changing gender relations Political motherhood Redefining politics Gender interests The 1990s and beyond Notes References Index
List of Tables Acknowledgements Acronyms Argument Why women? Political exclusion The shifting terrain Mothers, women, citizens: tensions Organization of the book Conclusions Women and Political Identity in Latin America Introduction Constructing gender relations Machismo and marianismo Conceptualizing women's political participation Gender interests Developing citizenship Conclusions Setting the Scene Introduction Latin American political systems in the twentieth century Economic developments Social structures Latin American women: a glance at the statistics Conclusions Formal Political Representation: Governments, Parties and Bureaucracies Introduction The struggle for formal citizenship Women's legislative representation and office holding Government impact on women's political participation Political parties Bureaucracies Conclusions The Impact of Work on Political Identity Introduction Changing work experiences Collective action in the workplace The political implications of work Conclusions Social Movements: Consumer and Human Rights Organizations Introduction The rise of social movements The development of consumer organizations Human rights organizations: the origins Structures and organization Facilitating organizations: professionalization of protest Political implications of social movements Constraints Conclusions Revolutionary Empowerment? Introduction The armed struggles The revolutionary states Cuba Nicaragua Counter-revolution Conclusions Feminisms in Latin America Introduction Feminist or feminine? The roots of feminism in Latin America Second-wave feminism Contemporary feminism and the Regional Feminist Meetings State feminism Conclusions: challenges to feminism in the 1990s Conclusions: Politics: an Ambivalent Experience Changing gender relations Political motherhood Redefining politics Gender interests The 1990s and beyond Notes References Index
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