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

The second edition of this pioneering text documents and assesses the remarkable wave of women's political participation in Latin America over the past two decades. Focusing first on the 1980s, it examines the origins, evolution, and goals of women's organizations as they worked together to end authoritarian rule. Next it shows how women's groups have adapted in the 1990s to the day-to-day realities of democratic politics, moving from the often heady challenge of mobilizing opposition to the very different task of working with parties and government bureaucracies in order to maintain and implement their agendas. Seven case studies vividly illustrate the variety of women's movements in the region and record their political successes and failures.