Women’s Movements in International Perspective

MAXINE MOLYNEUX is a specialist in political sociology and development. She teaches at the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of London. She has written books on the Ethiopian revolution and South Yemen, and co-edited Hidden Histories of Gender and the State in Latin America and Gender and Justice in Latin America.

• Introduction No God, No Boss, No Husband! Anarchist Feminism in Nineteenth-Century Argentina Mobilisation without Emancipation? Women's Interests, the State and Revolution in Nicaragua The Politics of Abortion in Nicaragua: Revolutionary Pragmatism or Feminism in the Realm of Necessity? State, Gender and Institutional Change: The Federacion de Mujeres Cubanas State Socialism and Women's Emancipation: A Continuing Retrospective Analysing Women's Movements Gender and Citizenship in Latin America: Historical and Contemporary Issues Bibliography Index

This is an important book about big concepts-political interests, social activism in authoritarian states, revolution, and democracy. Choice