Pobladoras, Indigenas, and the State: Conflicts Over Women's Rights in Chile

by Patricia Richards

Can laws, policies, and agencies that are designed to help women achieve equality with men accommodate differences among women themselves? In Pobladoras, Ind?genas, and the State, Patricia Richards examines how Chilean state policy shapes the promotion of women's interests but at the same time limits the advancement of different classes and racial-ethnic groups in various ways.

Chile has made a public commitment to equality between women and men...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813534232
• ISBN13: 9780813534237
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.9"