Title Engendering democracy in Brazil : women's movements in transition politics / Sonia E. Alvarez

Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1990] ©1990

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Description 1 online resource (x, 304 pages) Contents Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives on Women's Movements and the State -- Women in the New Social Movements of Urban Brazil -- Militant Mothers and Insurgent Daughters: Women in the Opposition to Authoritarian Rule -- The Genesis of Women's Movements in Authoritarian Brazil, 1964-1978 -- The Rise and Fall of a United, Mass-Based Brazilian Women's Movement -- Taking Sides: Women's Movements and Political Parties, 1974-1982 -- Dubious Allies in the Struggle for Women's Rights: Parties and Gender Strategies in the 1982 Campaign -- Approaching the Authoritarian State: Women's Movements and Population Policy in Transitional Brazilian Politics -- Taking Feminism into the State: Gender Policy and the PMDB's Councils on the Status of Women -- Women's Movements, Gender Policy, and the Politics of Democratic Consolidation (1985-1988) -- Conclusion: Engendering Political Change Summary "Brazil has the tragic distinction of having endured the longest military-authoritarian regime in South America. Yet the country is distinctive for another reason: in the 1970s and 1980s it witnessed the emergence and development of perhaps the largest, most diverse, most radical, and most successful women's movement in contemporary Latin America. This book tells the compelling story of the rise of progressive women's movements amidst the climate of political repression and economic crisis enveloping Brazil in the 1970s, and it devotes particular attention to the gender politics of the final stages of regime transition in the 1980s." "Situating Brazil in a comparative theoretical framework, the author analyzes the relationship between nonrevolutionary political change and changes in women's consciousness and mobilization. Her engaging analysis of the potentialities for promoting social justice and transforming relations of inequality for women and men in Latin America and elsewhere in the Third World makes this book essential reading for all students and teachers of Latin American politics, comparative social movements and public policy, and women's studies and feminist political theory. Book jacket."--Jacket Analysis Women's movements Brazil Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index Notes Print version record Subject Women -- Political activity -- Brazil Feminism -- Brazil Democracy -- Brazil Democratization -- Brazil Democracy. Democracy democracy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. Democracy Democratization Feminism Politics and government Women -- Political activity Frauenbewegung Aufsatzsammlung Vrouwenbeweging. Politiek. Women -- Political activity -- Brazil. Feminism -- Brazil. Femmes et politique -- Brésil. Féminisme -- Brésil. Femmes -- Activité politique -- Brésil. SUBJECT Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1964-1985. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016592 Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1985-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016593 Subject Brazil Brasilien Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1964-1985. Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1985- Brésil -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1969-1985. Brésil -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1985-. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781400828425 1400828422

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