After the Revolution - Gender and Democracy in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala

About the author

Ilja A. Luciak is professor and chair of the department of political science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is the author of The Sandinista Legacy: Lessons from a Political Economy in Transition.

Summary

Luciak cautions that while active measures to advance the political role of women have strengthened formal gender equality, only the joint efforts of both sexes can lead to a successful transformation of society based on democratic governance and substantive gender equality.

Product details

• Authors: Ilja A Luciak, Ilja A. Luciak, Ilja A. (Professor and Chair Luciak
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.12.2001
• EAN: 9780801867804
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-6780-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Guatemala, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, El Salvador, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Nicaragua, Political activism, Political science & theory, Gender equality, Gender studies: women, Political science and theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Political activism / Political engagement