Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Tables and Figures ix
4. Acronyms xi
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgments xix
7. WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN POLITICS
8. INTRODUCTION The Feminization of Mexican Public Life, and a Note on Methodology 1
9. CHAPTER ONE Participation, Representation, and Democracy: How the Personal Becomes the Political for Women in Contemporary Mexico 19
10. CHAPTER TWO The Social, Economic, and Political Identity of Mexican Women: Negotiating Private and Public Spaces 47
11. CHAPTER THREE The Women’s Movement in Mexico: From Suffrage to the Institutionalization of Gender 89
12. CHAPTER FOUR Women in Public Office: Building Alliances, Getting Things Done 137
13. CHAPTER FIVE Women and the Electoral Process: Shifting Gears in the Mexican Political Machine 197
14. CHAPTER SIX Reframing Mexican Democracy: What Does the Future Hold for Women 245
15. Notes 259
16. Bibliography 279
17. Index 311