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

TitleThe Paradox of Paternalism: Women and the Politics of Authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsManley, Elizabeth S.
Number of Pages319
PublisherUniversity Press of Florida
CityGainesville, FL
Abstract

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. This monograph 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. In this volume, the author explains how women activists from across the political spectrum engaged with the state by working within both authoritarian regimes and inter-American networks, founding modern Dominican feminism, and contributing to the rise of twentieth-century women's liberation movements in the Global South.

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