Radical Women in Latin America: Left and Right. Edited by Victoria Gonzalez and Karen Kampwirth. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001. 352p. $55.00 cloth, $18.95 paper.

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In recent years more attention has begun to be paid to the different forms of women's engagement with the conventional political arena in Latin America. This interest partly reflects the impact of transitions to democracy and the demobilization of social movements. But it also reflects a change of approach by many of the scholars examining women's political activities as they have reassessed the importance of institutions and the salience of “politics.”