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Author Baldez, Lisa.

Title Why women protest : women's movements in Chile / Lisa Baldez.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 234 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-225) and index.
Contents Why women protest: tipping, timing, and framing -- Mothers of the Cold War, daughters of the Revolution: a historical overview of women and Chilean politics -- The Revolution hits home: women organize against Allende -- Catapulting men to action: the march of the empty pots -- "Feminine power" and the end of the socialist revolution -- Gendered networks and the rebirth of civil society -- Women defend life: mass protests and the women's movement -- Democracy in the country and in the home: women for and against democratic transition -- Why women protest: comparative evidence.
Summary 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.
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Subject Women -- Political activity -- Chile -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Political activity.
Chile.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Protest movements -- Chile -- Case studies.
Protest movements.
Women -- Political activity.
Gender identity -- Political aspects.
Gender identity -- Political aspects.
Gender identity.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Case studies.
Electronic books.
History.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Gender identity.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Baldez, Lisa. Why women protest. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521811503 (DLC) 2001052842 (OCoLC)48383470
ISBN 0511020481 (electronic book)
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9780511756283 (electronic book)
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