Women's Movements and Public Policy in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean: The Triangle of Empowerment [Hardcover]

Chapter 1
THE TRIANGLE OF EMPOWERMENT:
Processes and Actors in the Making of Public Policy for Women

Chapter 2
THE GLOBAL INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK:
The Long March to Beijing

Chapter 3
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY IN JAMAICA

Chapter 4
PERUVIAN WOMEN AND TH E PERUVIAN STATE

Chapter 5
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY IN BRAZIL

Chapter 6
THE MEXICAN FEMINIST MOVEMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY-MAKING

Chapter 7
WOMENS STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY AND CITIZENSHIP IN CHILE

Chapter 8
FEMINISM AND THE STATE IN TH E NETH ERLANDS

Chapter 9
A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMENS POLICIES IN NORWAY

Geertje A. Nijeholt, Saskia Wieringa, Geertje Nijeholt a Lycklama,Virginia VargasThe triangle of empowerment is how this volume's editors describe the three sets of actors involved in women's collective struggles in the political arena: the women's movement, feminist politicians, and feminist civil servants. Original case studies from Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean analyze the political struggles women are waging to make their voices heard and to place women's issues on the agenda in different societies.US? 1998 by Geertje Lycklama a Nijeholt, Virginia Vargas, and Saskia Wieringa