ISBN:
9780691048949
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (180 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Politics of Gender after Socialism : A Comparative-Historical Essay
DDC:
305.3/0947
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
With the collapse of communism, a new world seemed to open for the peoples of East Central Europe. The possibilities this world presented, and the costs it exacted, have been experienced differently by men and women. Susan Gal and Gail Kligman explore these differences through a probing analysis of the role of gender in reshaping politics and social relations since 1989. The authors raise two crucial questions: How are gender relations and ideas about gender shaping political and economic change in the region? And what forms of gender inequality are emerging as a result? The book provides a
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 After Socialism; 2 Reproduction as Politics; 3 Dilemmas of Public and Private; 4 Forms of States, Forms of "Family"; 5 Arenas of Political Action; 6 Gender and Change; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1515/9781400843008
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