Why Women Protest: Women's Movements in Chile - Brossura

Baldez, Lisa

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521010063 ISBN 13: 9780521010061

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Why do women protest? Under what conditions do women protest on the basis of their gender identity? Professor Baldez answers in terms of tipping, timing and framing. She relies on the concept of tipping to identify the point at which diverse organizations converge to form a women's movement. She argues that two conditions trigger this mobilization among women: partisan realignment, understood as the emergence of a new set of issues around which political elites define themselves, and women's decision to frame realignment in terms of widely held norms about gender difference. To illustrate these claims, she compares two very different women's movements in Chile: the mobilization of women against President Salvador Allende (1970–3) and that against General Augusto Pinochet (1973–90). Despite differences between these two movements, both emerged amidst a context of partisan realignment and framed their concerns in terms of women's exclusion from the political arena.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

"...smart and well-written..." Political Science Quarterly

"In sum, this fascinating study will provide Latin American, women's studies, and social movement scholars with ample food for thought." Contemporary Sociology

"Political scientist Baldez examines the historic activism of Chilean woman from a fresh perspective.... Recommended." Choice

Descrizione del libro:

This book compares two ideologically opposed examples of women's movements in Chile: the movement against the democratically-elected government of President Salvador Allende and that against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. This book explains the similarities between these movements.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521010063
• ISBN 13: 9780521010061
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256