Veronica Schild

Associate Professor and Director, Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism

Education

BA George Mason (Philosophy/English), MA (Educational Theory), PhD (Political Science) Toronto

Teaching Fields

Comparative politics in developing areas, Latin American politics, and contemporary critical theory

Research Interests

Citizenship and democratization, social movements, culture and state formation -- with a geographical focus on Chile and the Southern Cone of Latin America

Publications

Chapters in Refereed Books

Schild, V. “Die Freiheit der Frauen und gesellschaftlicher Fortschritt. Feministinen, der Staat und die Armen bei der Schaffung neoliberaler Gouvernementalität.”In Olaf Kaltmeir, Jens Kastner, Elisabeth Tuider, eds. Neoliberalismus, Autonomie, Widerstand: Soziale Bewegungen in Lateinamerika. Münster: Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot, 2004, pp. 82-100. (Shorter, updated version of piece published in ” Peripherie: Zeitschrift fur Politik und Okonomie in der Dritten Welt) 93, 23 (December 2003): 481-506).

Schild, V. “Engendering the New Social Citizenship in Chile: NGOs and Social Provisioning under Neo-liberalism.” In Shahra Razavi and Maxine Molyneux, eds., Gender Justice, Development and Rights. Substantiating Rights in a Disabling Environment. Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 170-203.

Schild, V. "Nuevos Sujetos de Derechos? Movimientos de Mujeres y la Construccion de Ciudadania en las `Nuevas Democracias'." En A. Escobar, S.E. Alvarez, E. Dagnino (Eds.), Política cultural & Cultura política: Una nueva mirada sobre los movimientos sociales latinoamericanos. Bogotá: Editora Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara and Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia (ICANH), 2001, pp. 119-146.

(Spanish translation of V. Schild, "New Subjects of Rights? Women's Movements and the Construction of Citizenship in the `New Democracies." In S. E. Alvarez, E. Dagnino, and A. Escobar (Eds.), Cultures of Politics/Politics of Culture. (pp. 93-117). Boulder, Co.: Westview Press, 1998)

Schild, V. “Novos Sujeitos de Direitos? Os Movimentos de Mulheres e a Construcao da Cidadania Nas `Novas Democracias’.” In S. E. Alvarez, E. Dagnino, and A. Escobar (Eds.), Cultura e Política Nos Movimentos Sociais Latino-Americanos. Novas Leituras. (pp. 149-183).

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais: Editora Universidade Federal Minas Gerais (UFMG), 2000. Portuguese version of Schild, V. "New Subjects of Rights? Women's Movements and the Construction of Citizenship in the `New Democracies’." In S. E. Alvarez, E. Dagnino, and A. Escobar (Eds.), Cultures of Politics/Politics of Culture. (pp. 93-117). Boulder, Co.: Westview Press, 1998.

Schild, V. "Transnational Links in the Making of Latin American Feminisms: A View from the Margins." In A. Heitlinger (Ed.), Emigre Feminism. ( pp. 67-94). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.

Schild, V. "New Subjects of Rights? Women's Movements and the Construction of Citizenship in the `New Democracies’." In S. E. Alvarez, E. Dagnino, and A. Escobar (Eds.), Cultures of Politics/Politics of Culture. (pp. 93-117). Boulder, Co.: Westview Press, 1998.

Schild, V. "The Hidden Politics of Neighbourhood Organizations: Women and Local Participation in the Poblaciones of Chile." In M. Kaufman and H. Dilla Alfonso (Eds.), Community Power & Grassroots Democracy. (pp. 126-169). London: Zed Press/IDRC, 1997. (Slightly revised, and updated, version of N/S piece, 1992).

Schild, V. "Neighbourhood Organizations and the Participatory Process: Women's Role in the Poblaciones of Chile." In R. Rott (Ed.), Entwicklungsprozesse und Geschlechter-verhaltnisee. (pp. 275-294). Saarbrucken and Fort Lauderdale: Breitenbach, 1992.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Schild, V. “Empowering Consumer Citizens or Governing Poor Female Subjects? The Institutionalization of “Self-Development” in the Chilean Social Policy Field.” Journal of Consumer Culture 7, 2 (2007): 179-203.

Schild, V. “Die Freiheit der Frauen und gesellschaftlicher Fortschritt. Feministinen, der Staat und die Armen bei der Schaffung neoliberaler Gouvernementalitaet.” Peripherie: Zeitschrift fur Politik und Okonomie in der Dritten Welt: 93, 23 (December 2003): 481-506.

Schild, V. "Neo-Liberalism's New Market Citizens: The Civilizing Dimension of Social Programs in Chile." Citizenship Studies 4, 3 (2000): 275-305.

Schild, V. "Market Citizenship and the "New Democracies": Ambiguous Legacies of Chilean Women's Movements." Social Politics. International Studies in State, Gender, and Society: 5 (2) 232-249, 1998.

Schild, V. "New Subjects of Rights? Women's Movements and the Construction of Citizenship in the `New Democracies.'" Organization: 4 (4) 604-619, 1997 (Shortened version of chapter published in Culture of Politics/Politics of Culture, 1998).

Schild, V. "NGOs, Feminist Politics and Neo-Liberal Latin American State Formations: Some Lessons from Chile." Canadian Journal of Development Studies: Special Issue, 123-147, Summer 1995.

Schild, V. "Recasting `Popular' Movements: Gender and Political Learning in Neighbourhood Organizations in Chile." Latin American Perspectives 21, 59-80, 1994.

Schild, V. "Jenseits der `Zivilgesellschaft': Unsichtbare Aspekte des Ubergangs von der Diktatur in Chile." (Beyond Civil Society: Invisible Aspects of the Transition from Dictatorship in Chile) Peripherie: Zeitschrift fur Politik und Okonomie in der Dritten Welt: 47/48, 31-48, 1992.

Schild, V. "The Hidden Politics of Neighbourhood Organizations: Women and Local Level Participation in the Poblaciones of Chile." N/S: Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 15 (30) 137-158, 1990.

Articles in Refereed Conference Proceedings

Schild, V. “The Coverage of El Salvador in The Globe and Mail.” In S. Thomas (Ed.). Culture and Communication: Methodology, Behavior, Artifacts, and Institutions: Selected Proceeds from the Fifth International Conference on Culture and Communication, Temple University, 1983. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1987.

Articles in Non-Refereed Journals

Schild, V. “Wie Frauen im Namen von Frauen regiert werden. Chilenischer Feminismus in den 90er Jahren.” Solidaridad Berichte und Analysen aus Chile 23, 220/223 (2002): 4-10.

Schild, V. “Engendering the New Social Citizenship in Chile: NGOs and Social Provisioning under Neo-liberalism.” Available electronically through the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, UNRISD (2001), 66pp.

Schild, V. “`Gender Equity’ Without Social Justice: Women’s Rights in the Neoliberal Age.” NACLA Report on the Americas XXXIV, 1 (July/August 2000): 25-28.

Schild, V. "Celebrating the Grassroots, or `Civil Society' Rediscovered: New Opium for the Old Left?" Southern Africa Report 13, 4 (August 1998): 25-27.

Schild, V. "Beyond the `Passive State' and Other Globalism Myths: Nation States, Social Movements and Gendered Market Citizens." Development: 41, 33-37, 1998.

Schild, V. "Women and Local Participation: Some Notes on The Changing Discourse of Organized Pobladoras in Santiago Chile." Women and Language: XI, 63-65, 1988.

Working PapersSchild, V. “The Hidden Politics of Urban Social Movements: Lower Level Participation and Identity Formation in the Neighbourhoods of Chile.” Toronto: CERLAC, York University, Working Paper 2, 1-31, 1990.

Work Forthcoming

Chapters in Refereed Books

Schild, V. “Una Visión de lo Público en América Latina más allá de Metáforas Eurocentristas.” Marianne Braig and Anne Huffschmid, eds. Lo Público Como Arena de la Transformación Social, Cultural y Política? Despliegue y Fragmentación de los Espacios Públicos en las Sociedades de América Latina. Vervuert Verlag, Germany (forthcoming).

Work in Progress

Books

Schild, V. Contradictions of Emancipation: The Women's Movement, Culture, and the State in Contemporary Chile. (In progress, Duke University Press)

Articles

Schild, V. “Feminists, Gendered Social Policies and Neo-Liberal Latin American States: Beyond the Democratization Debate” (Chapter in the collection Gender and Public Policy in Latin America, edited by Sara Poggio, under review at the North Carolina Press).

Schild, V. “Neo-liberalism as a Revolution in Government: The New Parameters of Social Action in Chile.” Neoliberalism: Historical Perspectives and Critical Possibilities.

 

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Courses

  • 4410F - Power, Politics, & Subjects: An Examination of Key