Contesting legitimacy in Chile
Subtitle: familial ideals, citizenship, and political struggle, 1970-1990
By: Gwynn Thomas
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: University Park, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780271048482
Subjects: Legitimacy of governments; Politics and government; Political culture; Families; History
Description: "Examines the role in Chilean politics during the 1970s and 1980s of cultural beliefs and values surrounding the family. Draws on election propaganda, political speeches, press releases, public service campaigns, magazines, newspaper articles, and televised political advertisements"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Seeing the political through the familial; title: The hidden story : familial beliefs and political conflict; title: Competing fathers : the 1970 presidential election; title: A feuding family : mobilizing for and against Allende; title: Pinochet's Chilean family : constructing authoritarian legitimacy; title: Mobilizing families : justifying political dissent under Pinochet; title: Reconciling the family : legitimizing the transition to democracy; title: Conclusion : the political is personal.