Nicole Reis
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Academic Year:
2004-05
Direction:
From Yale
Exchange Partners:
el Colegio de Mexico
Research Interest:
Popular Movements And Political Change In Mexico: A Case Study of the Women's Movement And Neo-Liberal Reform
Ms Ries proposes to conduct systematic field research examining the fundamental changes in state-society relations as a result of popular movements through the lens of one specific case: the women s movement in Mexico City. She wishes to investigate how such popular movements transform their strategies, what political tools they use to do so, and how their demands affect policy decisions. She will assess the ways in which local women s movements have mobilized in reaction to neo-liberal reforms, and the response of the state to their demands.