About the Author
Jane S. Jaquette is professor of politics and chair of the Diplomacy and World Affairs Department at Occidental College, Los Angeles.
Table of Contents
Women's movements and gender politics in the Brazilian transition / Sonia E. Alvarez -- The challenge of constructing civil peace : women and democracy in Argentina / Marâia del Carmen Feijâoo --Putting conservatism to good use : women and unorthodox politics in Uruguay, from breakdown to transition / Carina Perelli -- The difficult equilibrium between bread and roses : women's organizations and the transition from dictatorship to democracy in Peru / Maruja Barrig -- Feminist anti-authoritarian politics : the role of women's organizations in the Chilean transition to democracy /Patricia M. Chuchryk -- Women and the new democratic politics / Jane S. Jaquette.