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Supermadre : Women in Politics in Latin America /

The title of this book, Supermadre, is ironic. It means, not that women have begun to exercise real power in Latin American political life, but that their participation is mostly confined to roles that are extensions of their roles as mothers-health, education, welfare, for example-and then only on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chaney, Elsa M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Supermadre: Women in Politics in Latin America
  • Introduction: Women and Development
  • 1. The Inferior Role of Women in Public Life: Some Theoretical Speculations
  • 2. Women in Latin American Society and Polity: The Image and the Reality
  • 3. Women in Public Life: Precursors of the Emancipation Movement
  • 4. Old and New Feminists: Women's Rights in Latin America
  • 5. Women in Politics and Government
  • 6. Women Leaders in Peru and Chile
  • 7. The Supermadre in Government
  • 8. The Future of Women in Politics
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index