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The Paradox of Paternalism: Women and the Politics of Authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic

The Paradox of Paternalism: Women and the Politics of Authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic

Hardcover

Caribbean HistoryGeneral Political ScienceWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 081305429X
ISBN13: 9780813054292
Publisher: Univ Pr Of Florida
Published: Apr 18 2017
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.53
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Latin American Studies Association Haiti-Dominican Republic Section Isis Duarte Book Prize

From the rise of dictator Rafael Trujillo in the early 1930s through the twelve-year rule of his successor Joaquín Balaguer in the 1960s and 1970s, women are frequently absent or erased from public political narratives in the Dominican Republic. The Paradox of Paternalism shows how women proved themselves as skilled, networked, and non-threatening agents, becoming indispensable to a carefully orchestrated national and international reputation. They garnered concrete political gains like suffrage and paved the way for their continued engagement with the politics of the Dominican state through intense periods of authoritarianism and transition.

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