The Women's movement in Latin America
Subtitle: feminism and the transition to democracy
By: edited by Jane S. Jaquette.
Contributors: Jaquette, Jane S., 1942-
Series: Thematic studies in Latin America
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Women in politics -- South America -- Case studies; Feminism -- South America -- Case studies; Democracy; South America -- Politics and government
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1989. (Thematic studies in Latin America)

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Women's movements and gender politics in the Brazilian transition / Sonia E. Alvarez; title: The challenge of constructing civil peace : women and democracy in Argentina / María del Carmen Feijóo; title: Putting conservatism to good use : women and unorthodox politics in Uruguay, from breakdown to transition / Carina Perelli; title: The difficult equilibrium between bread and roses : women's organizations and the transition from dictatorship to democracy in Peru / Maruja Barrig; title: Feminist anti-authoritarian politics : the role of women's organizations in the Chilean transition to democracy / Patricia M. Chuchryk; title: Women and the new democratic politics / Jane S. Jaquette.