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Women in contemporary Mexican politics /

Since the mid-1980s, a dramatic opening in Mexico's political and electoral processes, combined with the growth of a new civic culture, has created unprecedented opportunities for women and other previously repressed or ignored groups to participate in the political life of the nation. In this...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rodríguez, Victoria Elizabeth, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. The feminization of Mexican public life, and a note on methodology
  • 1. Participation, representation, and democracy : how the personal becomes the political for women in contemporary Mexico
  • 2. The social, economic, and political identity of Mexican women : negotiating private and public spaces
  • 3. The women's movement in Mexico : from suffrage to the institutionalization of gender
  • 4. Women in public office : building alliances, getting things done
  • 5. Women and the electoral process : shifting gears in the Mexican political machine
  • 6. Reframing Mexican democracy : what does the future hold for women?