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Isbester is at her best when she traces the tensions that emerged in the Nicaraguan women's movement and that help to account for changes in the movement over time. . . . Students and scholars unfamiliar with this Latin American feminist history wil benefit from reading this sensitive analysis of a culturally diverse women's movement that has attained a strong identity and political orientation during the last, turbulent quarter of the twentieth century. <br> --The Americas

Katherine Isbester has taken on the important yet challenging task of analyzing a complex and rich case of Latin American women's organizing in order to discover more about the dynamics of social movements in general and women's organizing in particular. This is the first book to combine a discussion of the movement's characteristics and impact in difference stages with analysis of what factors determine the success of a social movement . . . important, interesting, well-written, and needed. --Norma Chinchilla, California State University . . . Isbester deserves credit for her extensive research and data collection in a nation where both are extremely difficult. She has also shown considerable courage in her willingness to criticize the Sandinistas. --American Political Science Review Isbester is at her best when she traces the tensions that emerged in the Nicaraguan women's movement and that help to account for changes in the movement over time. . . . Students and scholars unfamiliar with this Latin American feminist history wil benefit from reading this sensitive analysis of a culturally diverse women's movement that has attained a strong identity and political orientation during the last, turbulent quarter of the twentieth century. --The Americas Katherine Isbester has taken on the important yet challenging task of analyzing a complex and rich case of Latin American women s organizing in order to discover more about the dynamics of social movements in general and women s organizing in particular. This is the first book to combine a discussion of the movement s characteristics and impact in difference stages with analysis of what factors determine the success of a social movement . . . important, interesting, well-written, and needed. Norma Chinchilla, California State University . . . Isbester deserves credit for her extensive research and data collection in a nation where both are extremely difficult. She has also shown considerable courage in her willingness to criticize the Sandinistas. American Political Science Review Isbester is at her best when she traces the tensions that emerged in the Nicaraguan women s movement and that help to account for changes in the movement over time. . . . Students and scholars unfamiliar with this Latin American feminist history wil benefit from reading this sensitive analysis of a culturally diverse women s movement that has attained a strong identity and political orientation during the last, turbulent quarter of the twentieth century. The Americas Katherine Isbester has taken on the important yet challenging task of analyzing a complex and rich case of Latin American women's organizing in order to discover more about the dynamics of social movements in general and women's organizing in particular. This is the first book to combine a discussion of the movement's characteristics and impact in difference stages with analysis of what factors determine the success of a social movement . . . important, interesting, well-written, and needed. --Norma Chinchilla, California State University Isbester is at her best when she traces the tensions that emerged in the Nicaraguan women's movement and that help to account for changes in the movement over time. . . . Students and scholars unfamiliar with this Latin American feminist history wil benefit from reading this sensitive analysis of a culturally diverse women's movement that has attained a strong identity and political orientation during the last, turbulent quarter of the twentieth century. --The Americas Isbester is at her best when she traces the tensions that emerged in the Nicaraguan women's movement and that help to account for changes in the movement over time. . . . Students and scholars unfamiliar with this Latin American feminist history wil benefit from reading this sensitive analysis of a culturally diverse women's movement that has attained a strong identity and political orientation during the last, turbulent quarter of the twentieth century. --The Americas

Isbester is at her best when she traces the tensions that emerged in the Nicaraguan women's movement and that help to account for changes in the movement over time. . . . Students and scholars unfamiliar with this Latin American feminist history wil benefit from reading this sensitive analysis of a culturally diverse women's movement that has attained a strong identity and political orientation during the last, turbulent quarter of the twentieth century. --The Americas

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Katherine Isbester earned a Ph.D. in Latin American studies from the University of Toronto and taught there for several years. She has published widely on Latin American politics and gender issues and is currently on leave researching the politics of heal

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