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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 July 2010
      26 August 2002
      ISBN:
      9780511756283
      9780521811507
      9780521010061
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511756283
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.469kg, 254 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.353kg, 256 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Sociology of Gender, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, Sociology
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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    Sociology of Gender, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, Sociology
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    Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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    Why do women protest? Under what conditions do women protest on the basis of their gender identity? Professor Baldez answers in terms of tipping, timing and framing. She relies on the concept of tipping to identify the point at which diverse organizations converge to form a women's movement. She argues that two conditions trigger this mobilization among women: partisan realignment, understood as the emergence of a new set of issues around which political elites define themselves, and women's decision to frame realignment in terms of widely held norms about gender difference. To illustrate these claims, she compares two very different women's movements in Chile: the mobilization of women against President Salvador Allende (1970–3) and that against General Augusto Pinochet (1973–90). Despite differences between these two movements, both emerged amidst a context of partisan realignment and framed their concerns in terms of women's exclusion from the political arena.

    Reviews

    "...smart and well-written..." Political Science Quarterly

    "In sum, this fascinating study will provide Latin American, women's studies, and social movement scholars with ample food for thought." Contemporary Sociology

    "Political scientist Baldez examines the historic activism of Chilean woman from a fresh perspective.... Recommended." Choice

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