Table of Contents

1. Sex and the state in Latin America; 2. Four normative traditions; 3. Reforming women's rights under military dictatorships; 4. Church and state in the struggle for divorce; 5. Completing the agenda: family equality and democratic politics; 6. Why hasn't abortion been liberalized in Latin America?

Promotional Information

Sex and the State explores patterns of gender-related policy reform in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.

Reviews

'This book is a theoretically sophisticated and empirically complex piece of work that demonstrates comparative politics at its best ... Few if any comparative analysis of this kind have been attempted to date. Htun is to be congratulated for producing a well-written, innovative and theoretically engaging book that helps to gender comparative politics.' Political Studies Review '... a substantial contribution to our understanding of the politics surrounding specific women's rights. Moreover, the book is relevant not only to scholars specialized in gender and Latin America, or to area specialists ... but also to scholars ... interested in gender and politics more generally. it will be a very welcome addition to nay collection of texts on gender and politics.' International Feminist Journal of Politics