Front cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Moral Politics in a Global Era; Chapter 2. Economic Resources and Political Access on a Domestic Level; Chapter 3. Social Equality and Social Reform in Spain; Chapter 4. Moral Fundamentalism in Chile; Chapter 5. The Interaction of Inequality and Delegative Democracy in Argentina; Chapter 6. Abortion Reform across Catholic Western Europe and Latin America; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover
Summary
Analyzes the problems that arise when women's rights conflict with the views of conservative organized religion. This book addresses the legal status of divorce and abortion in three democratized Catholic countries: Spain, Chile and Argentina