Introduction: Women and Development

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Tables x
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Supermadre: Women in Politics in Latin America
6. Introduction: Women and Development 1
7. 1. The Inferior Role of Women in Public Life: Some Theoretical Speculations 13
8. 2. Women in Latin American Society and Polity: The Image and the Reality 31
9. 3. Women in Public Life: Precursors of the Emancipation Movement 51
10. 4. Old and New Feminists: Women's Rights in Latin America 67
11. 5. Women in Politics and Government 83
12. 6. Women Leaders in Peru and Chile 107
13. 7. The Supermadre in Government 131
14. 8. The Future of Women in Politics 157
15. Appendices 167
16. Bibliography 181
17. Index 199