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

Princeton, New Jersey ; Chichester, West Sussex : Princeton University Press, 1990.

x, 304 pages ; 24 cm

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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.

Includes bibliographical references.

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