Cora Fernández Anderson

Fighting for Abortion Rights in Latin America

Social Movements, State Allies and Institutions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 180mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780367355968
• ISBN-10: 0367355965
• Artikelnr.: 59796596

Autorenporträt

Cora Fernández Anderson is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at Mount Holyoke College. Her research interests are in social movements, reproductive rights and Latin American politics. Her research explores social mobilization as a possible path towards social change. She has published her work in academic outlets such as the Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, NACLA Report on the Americas and Politics, Groups and Identities.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Abortion in Latin America 2. The Case of Uruguay: Working
together Towards Comprehensive Abortion Reform 3. The Case of Chile:
Co-opting the Demand for Abortion Reform 4. The Case of Argentina:
Political indifference, Stasis and Resilience 5. Conclusion - Abortion
Reform in the Southern Cone: Beyond the Pink Tide