Gender, Institutions, and Change in Bachelet’s Chile

Michele Bachelet, Chile's first female president, was elected with an explicit gender agenda in 2006 and then reelected in 2013. This volume focuses on Bachelet's efforts to introduce progressive measures and the constraints that she has faced in a context where both formal and informal po...

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Other Authors: Waylen, Georgina (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2016, 2016
Series:Studies of the Americas
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Michele Bachelet, Chile's first female president, was elected with an explicit gender agenda in 2006 and then reelected in 2013. This volume focuses on Bachelet's efforts to introduce progressive measures and the constraints that she has faced in a context where both formal and informal political institutions can act as barriers to change
Physical Description:XV, 244 p online resource
ISBN:9781137501981