@article{351587,
      recid = {351587},
      author = {Maier, Elizabeth. and Lebon, Nathalie.},
      title = {Women's activism in Latin America and the Caribbean  engendering social justice, democratizing citizenship /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Rutgers University Press ;},
      address = {New Brunswick, N.J. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxii, 375 p.)},
      year = {2010},
      note = {Description based on print version record.},
      abstract = {Brings together a group of interdisciplinary scholars who  analyze and document the diversity, vibrancy, and  effectiveness of women's experiences and organizing in  Latin America and the Caribbean during the past four  decades. Most of the expressions of collective agency are  analyzed in this book with the context of the neoliberal  model of globalization that has seriously affected most  Latin American and Caribbean women's lives in multiple  ways. Contributors explore the emergence of the area's  feminist movement, dictatorships of the 1970s, the Central  American uprisings, the urban, grassroots organizing for  better living conditions, and finally, the turn toward  public policy and formal political involvement and the  alternative globalization movement. Geared toward bridging  cultural realities, this volume represents womens  transformations, challenges, and hopes, while considering  the analytical tools needed to dissect the realities,  understand the alternatives, and promote gender  democracy--From publisher description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/351587},
}