| Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Craske, N. (Editor), Molyneux, Maxine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349427004 ISBN-13: 9781349427000 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| Series: Women's Studies at York |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.69 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |