Overview
- Analyzes maternalism from "above" and from "below" through specific social policies as well as women’s demands for social benefits from the second half of the twentieth century up until present day
- Considers Chile as a case study that combines significant economic growth and poverty reduction with entrenched inequalities of gender, class and income
- Focuses on maternalism in unexplored areas, including women’s activism against pollution, women’s growing involvement in miners’ unions, and maternalism from a non-heterosexual perspective
Part of the book series: Studies of the Americas (STAM)
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Keywords
- motherhood
- maternalism
- feminism
- sexual and reproductive rights
- women activism
- women labor programs and unionization
- maternal health
- paid employment
- women miners and unionization
- housing policies
- environmental suffering
- LGBTQ intimate partner violence
- Latin America
- Chile
- kinship system
- latin american politics
Table of contents (13 chapters)
Reviews
“Embraced or contested, maternalism is embedded in Latin America´s policy and politics. Focusing on the emblematic case of Chile, the editors of this volume bring together a diverse set of conceptual and empirical analyses capable of catapulting forward research and policy agendas addressing the numerous facets of maternalism. For scholars interested in learning about the changesand continuities of the topic across sectors and historical periods, this volume is a must read.” (Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Políticos, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Jasmine Gideon is Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Motherhood, Social Policies and Women's Activism in Latin America
Editors: Alejandra Ramm, Jasmine Gideon
Series Title: Studies of the Americas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21402-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21401-2Published: 18 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21404-3Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21402-9Published: 10 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 296
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Latin American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations Theory