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The politics of motherhood : maternity and women's rights in twentieth-century Chile /

With the 2006 election of Michelle Bachelet as the first female president and women claiming fifty percent of her cabinet seats, the political influence of Chilean women has taken a major step forward. Despite a seemingly liberal political climate, Chile has a murky history on women's rights, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mooney, Jadwiga E. Pieper (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009.
Colección:Pitt Latin American series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:With the 2006 election of Michelle Bachelet as the first female president and women claiming fifty percent of her cabinet seats, the political influence of Chilean women has taken a major step forward. Despite a seemingly liberal political climate, Chile has a murky history on women's rights, and progress has been slow, tenuous, and in many cases, non-existent. Chronicling an era of unprecedented modernization and political transformation, Jadwiga E. Pieper Mooney examines the negotiations over women's rights and the politics of gender in Chile throughout the twentieth century. Centering her st.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822973614
0822973618