Unfinished transitions: women and the gendered development of democracy in Venezuela, 1936-1996

This Analysis Of Venezuelan Women's Organizing Traces A Sixty-year Struggle To Democratize Political Practice And Represent Women's Interests. It Also Helps To Explain Some Of The Unfinished Business Of Latin American Democratization: Why Women Have Had Difficulty Participating In Regimes They Fought To Restore, And How They Seek Inclusion. Friedman's Theoretical Approach Uses Gender Analysis To Explain The Impact Of The Political Opportunity Structure--the Institutions, Actors, And Discourses - Of Democratization On Women's Participation.--jacket. Unfinished Transitions -- The Paradoxical Rise And Fall Of The Women's Movement In The First Transition To Democracy (1936-1948) -- Why Machismo Was Stronger Than A Military Dictatorship: Women's Organizing In The Second Transition To Democracy (1948-1973) -- Regendering Political Opportunities: The Growth Of Conjunctural Coalition Building Under Democratic Consolidation (1974-1982) -- Institutionalizing Success: Women Unite Within And Outside Of The State For Social And Political Reform (1984-1990) -- The Decline Of Coalition Building During Democratic Crisis (1989-1995) -- Venezuelan Alternatives, Gendered Opportunities, And Women's Organizing In Latin American Democratization. Elisabeth J. Friedman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [295]-315) And Index.