Fighting for abortion rights in Latin America: social movements, state allies and institutions

"Although they share similar socio-economic and cultural characteristics as well as their recent political histories, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay differ radically in their abortion policies. In this book, Cora Fernández Anderson examines the role social movements play in abortion reform to sh...

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1. Verfasser: Anderson, Cora Fernández (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Routledge 2020
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Zusammenfassung:"Although they share similar socio-economic and cultural characteristics as well as their recent political histories, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay differ radically in their abortion policies. In this book, Cora Fernández Anderson examines the role social movements play in abortion reform to show how different interaction patterns with state actors have led to three different policy outcomes: comprehensive abortion reform in Uruguay; moderate abortion reform in Chile; and no legal abortion reform in Argentina. Synthesizing a broad range of literature and drawing on in-depth field and archival research, she analyzes the strength of the campaigns for abortion reform, their relationships with leftist parties in power and the context of Church-state relations to explain this diverging trajectory in policy reform. A masterly analysis of how social movements, the power of institutions and Executive preferences have strong explanatory power, Fighting for Abortion Rights in Latin America is a perfect supplement for classes on gender and global politics"--
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ISBN:9781000071429
1000071421
9780429340499
0429340494
9781000070439
1000070433
9781000070941
1000070948
DOI:10.4324/9780429340499

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