Title Women in contemporary Mexican politics / Victoria E. Rodríguez

Edition 1st ed Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 322 pages) Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents Introduction. The feminization of Mexican public life, and a note on methodology -- 1. Participation, representation, and democracy : how the personal becomes the political for women in contemporary Mexico -- 2. The social, economic, and political identity of Mexican women : negotiating private and public spaces -- 3. The women's movement in Mexico : from suffrage to the institutionalization of gender -- 4. Women in public office : building alliances, getting things done -- 5. Women and the electoral process : shifting gears in the Mexican political machine -- 6. Reframing Mexican democracy : what does the future hold for women? Summary Since the mid-1980s, a dramatic opening in Mexico's political and electoral processes, combined with the growth of a new civic culture, has created unprecedented opportunities for women and other previously repressed or ignored groups to participate in the political life of the nation. In this book, Victoria Rodriguez offers a comprehensive analysis of how Mexican women have taken advantage of new opportunities to participate in the political process through elected and appointed office, nongovernmental organizations and grassroots activism. Drawing on scores of interviews with politically active women conducted since 1994, Rodriguez looks at Mexican women's political participation from a variety of angles. She analyzes the factors that have increased women's political activity: from the women's movement, to the economic crises of the 1980s and 1990s, to increasing democratization, to the victory of Vicente Fox in the 2000 presidential election. She maps out the pathways that women have used to gain access to public life and also the roadblocks that continue to limit women's participation in politics, especially at higher levels of government Analysis Mujeres en política México México Política y gobierno 1988- Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-309) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Women -- Political activity -- Mexico SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Leadership. Politics and government Women -- Political activity Vrouwen. Politiek. Femmes et politique -- Mexique -- 1945- ... Féminisme -- Aspect politique -- Mexique -- 1945- ... Femmes dans la fonction publique -- Mexique -- 1945- ... SUBJECT Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1988- Subject Mexico Mexique -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1988-2000. Form Electronic book LC no. 2002013122 ISBN 0292798571 9780292798571

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