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Mothers in Public and Political Life
About this book
Even though in most nations women are at least almost half of the population, in very few countries do they occupy a similar space in the formal institutions of political power. They are said to lack a key element for a successful career in public life: time. From this perspective, no one is worse off than women who are mothers. From another perspective, however, motherhood is thought to help politicize women, as this life-changing experience makes them aware of the limitations of some specific public policies (such as child-care, parental leave, gendered labor practices etc.) as well as more conscious of the centrality of more encompassing public policies, such as education, health care, and social assistance. This book explores the challenges, obstacles, opportunities and experiences of mothers who take part in political and/or public life.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Researching Mothers in Public and Political Life
- MOTHERS IN FORMAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
- 2. Mothers and Electoral Politics
- 3. Motherhood and Public Service
- 4. The Marriage and Children Gap?
- NARRATIVES ON MOTHERHOOD AND POLITICS
- 5. Shared Advice for Political Marriages
- 6. Motherliness and Womenâs Emancipation in the Published Articles of Ika Freudenberg
- 7. Women and the Paternal State
- MOTHERHOOD AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM
- 8. On Andariegas, Carishinas and Bad Mothers
- 9. Between the Private and the Public
- 10. Before Bostonâs Busing Crisis
- 11. On the Margins of Politicized Motherhood
- 12. The Mothers at Home to the Mothers on the Streets
- 13. The Disappearing of the Disappeared in the Plaza de Mayo
- 14. âBlack Protestâ
- About the Contributors