Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America
Molyneux, Maxine. Ed(S): Craske, Nikki
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Paperback. Editor(s): Craske, Nikki. Series: Women's Studies at York Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This volume assesses one of the most important developments in contemporary Latin American women's movements: the engagement with rights-based discourses. Organised women have played a central role in the continued struggle for democracy in the region and with it gender justice. The foregrounding of human rights, and within them the recognition of women's rights, has offered women a strategic advantage in pursuing their goals of an inclusive citizenship. The country-based chapters analyse specific bodies of rights: rights and representation, domestic violence, labour rights, reproductive rights, legal advocacy, socio-economic rights, rights and ethnicity, and rights, the state and autonomy.
This volume assesses one of the most important developments in contemporary Latin American women's movements: the engagement with rights-based discourses. Organised women have played a central role in the continued struggle for democracy in the region and with it gender justice. The foregrounding of human rights, and within them the recognition of women's rights, has offered women a strategic advantage in pursuing their goals of an inclusive citizenship. The country-based chapters analyse specific bodies of rights: rights and representation, domestic violence, labour rights, reproductive rights, legal advocacy, socio-economic rights, rights and ethnicity, and rights, the state and autonomy.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
Series
Women's Studies at York Series
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349427000
SKU
V9781349427000
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About Molyneux, Maxine. Ed(S): Craske, Nikki
ELIZABETH FRIEDMAN Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics, Barnard College, Columbia University JASMINE GIDEON Researcher of Socio-Economic and Gender Issues, University of Manchester MALA N. HTUN Assistant Professor of Political Science, New School University MARK P. JONES Department of Political Science, Michigan State University NIKI JOHNSON Researcher, Institute de Ciencia Politica, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay FIONA MACAULAY Research Fellow, ... Read more
Reviews for Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America
'This is a well-integrated set of case studies with a useful and informative introduction by the editors.' - Cathy A. Rakowski, Latin American Research Review