Why Women Protest

This book compares two ideologically opposed examples of women's movements in Chile.

List of contents

List of figures and tables; Preface; 1. Why women protest: tipping, timing, and framing; 2. Mothers of the cold war, daughters of the revolution: an historical overview of women and Chilean politics; Part I. Women against Allende: 3. The revolution hits home: women organize against Allende; 4. Catapulting men to action: the march of the empty pots; 5. 'Feminine power' and the end of the socialist revolution; Part II. Women against Pinochet: 6. Gendered networks and the rebirth of civil society; 7. Women defend life: mass protests and the women's movement; 8. Democracy in the country and in the home: women for and against democratic transition; 9. Why women protest: comparative evidence; References; Index.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Baldez
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9780521811507
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81150-7
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 568 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparati
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories