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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mooney, Jadwiga E. Pieper (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009.
Series:Pitt Latin American series.
Subjects:
Motherhood > Political aspects > Chile.
Women's rights > Chile.
Reproductive rights.
Reproductive Rights
Women's Rights > history
Mothers > history
Maternité > Aspect politique > Chili.
Femmes > Droits > Chili.
Droits génésiques.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Reproductive rights
Motherhood > Political aspects
Women's rights
Familienpolitik
Mutter
Mutterschaft
Rechtsstellung
Chile
"Multi-User"
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822973614
0822973618

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