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| Genre/Form: | Barnard Alum Collection History |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Friedman, Elisabeth J., 1966- Unfinished transitions. University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000 (OCoLC)656924684 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Elisabeth J Friedman |
| ISBN: | 0271020237 9780271020235 0271020245 9780271020242 |
| OCLC Number: | 42296227 |
| Description: | xix, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | Unfinished Transitions -- The Paradoxical Rise and Fall of the Women's Movement in the First Transition to Democracy (1936-1948) -- Why "Machismo Was Stronger Than a Military Dictatorship": Women's Organizing in the Second Transition to Democracy (1948-1973) -- Regendering Political Opportunities: The Growth of Conjunctural Coalition Building Under Democratic Consolidation (1974-1982) -- Institutionalizing Success: Women Unite Within and Outside of the State for Social and Political Reform (1984-1990) -- The Decline of Coalition Building During Democratic Crisis (1989-1995) -- Venezuelan Alternatives, Gendered Opportunities, and Women's Organizing in Latin American Democratization. |
| Other Titles: | Women and the gendered development of democracy in Venezuela, 1936-1996 |
| Responsibility: | Elisabeth J. Friedman. |
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"This is a major contribution to the field in several areas as it sits in the intersection of democratic transitions and consolidation, political institutions and civil society, social movements and gender politics. It takes a new approach to explaining the outcomes of women's organizing efforts by using gender analysis to explain the impact of political institutions on women's mobilization. That is, it focuses on gender relations, not just women's actions. It presents new empirical evidence, offers an original interpretation, and advances theoretical development. Moreover, by placing Venezuela in comparative perspective, it allows us to push further in developing generalizations for both theory-building and policy recommendations."-Jennifer McCoy, Georgia State University "Elisabeth Friedman offers a clear-eyed look at how women's political participation has evolved in Venezuela, where women have been successful at putting together effective coalitions on specific issues but continue to be politically marginalized. Because she is writing about Venezuela, which remained democratic while much of the region fell under military rule in the 1960s and 1970s, Friedman has an opportunity to think in longer historical terms about women's roles in democratization. She presents the case in a highly readable narrative style with thoughtful analysis of its implications for women's political strategies in the region and, implicitly, in all democratizing states."-Jane Jaquette, Occidental College "As a participant observer in Venezuelan women's organizations in 1994-95, Friedman reflects both a scholarly and personal engagement with the issues. This is a groundbreaking study of gendered politics, of interest for its theoretical thrust as well as for its contribution to Venezuelan political history."-J. Ewell, CHOICE "Venezuela has long reflected the best and worst of developing democracy in Latin America, and, as Elisabeth J. Friedman demonstrates in this study, while democracy can produce political progress for men, it does not necessarily have the same consequence for women. Indeed, Friedman finds that, paradoxically, women's movements flourish under politically authoritarian rule and tend to fracture and be diminished during periods of democracy. . . . Unfinished Transitions provides a substantial picture of the barriers that feminist organizations face in their quest to change the political reality of Latin America."-Susan Socolow, Times Literary Supplement "This is a lucid study of women's participation in Venezuelan politics emphasizing their role in two political transitions from dictatorship to democracy."-Leonor Blum, History "Friedman writes in an engaging manner, and her research combines extensive interviews with long-term participant observation, which includes 'hanging out' with many of the principal actors, and impressive document research."-Cathy Rakowski, Latin American Research Review "Friedman writes in an engaging manner, and her research combines extensive interviews with long-term participant observation, which includes 'hanging out' with many of the principal actors, and impressive document research."-Cathy A. Rakowski, Latin American Research Review "Friedman's superb study analyzes women's participation in political and civil society during the transition to and consolidation of democracy in Venezuela."-Mala Htun, Women and Politics Read more...
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