After the Revolution
Subtitle: Gender and Democracy in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: September 4, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780801867804
Subjects: Political activism; Political science & theory; Women's studies; Sex Roles (Sociological Aspects); Political Ideologies - Democracy; Women And Politics; Women in politics; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Central America; El Salvador; Guatemala; Nicaragua; Political Process - General; Government - Comparative; History & Theory - General; Political Science / Foreign Legal Systems; Democratization; Women revolutionaries; Gender Studies; Case studies
First sentence: In his comprehensive study of Latin American guerrilla movements, Timothy Wickham-Crowley found that female participation during the first wave of revolutions (1956-70) varied greatly.
Description: The author shows how former guerilla women in three Central American countries made the transition from insurgents to mainstream political players in the democratization process.