Why Women Protest: Women's Movements in Chile (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) - Softcover

Baldez, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521010063 ISBN 13: 9780521010061

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This book compares two ideologically opposed examples of women's movements in Chile. It studies the women who mobilized against the democratically elected government of President Salvador Allende (1970-1973) and those who mobilized against the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). The study documents and explains the similarities that exist between these two very different movements in terms of the moment at which they emerge and the way in which they frame their demands.

About this title

About the Author:

Lisa Baldez is Associate Professor of Government and Chair of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies at Dartmouth College. She holds a BA from Princeton University and a PhD from the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of Why Women Protest: Women's Movements in Chile (Cambridge, 2002) and the co-editor of Political Women and American Democracy (Cambridge, 2008). Her articles have appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Latin American Politics and Society, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and the Journal of Legal Studies. She and Karen Beckwith co-founded the journal Politics and Gender.

Review:

"...smart and well-written..." Political Science Quarterly

"In sum, this fascinating study will provide Latin American, women's studies, and social movement scholars with ample food for thought." Contemporary Sociology

"Political scientist Baldez examines the historic activism of Chilean woman from a fresh perspective.... Recommended." Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521010063
• ISBN 13: 9780521010061
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256