Gender and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe / Edition 1

by Chri Corrin

Overview

This collection highlights changes in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989 from the perspectives of gender and identity. Resistance to the negative consequences of certain changes demonstrate that women's activities have played a large part in democratic developments in various countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714680873
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/29/1999
Series:	The Journal of Communist Studies and Transitional Politics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Gender and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe, Chris Corrin; Chapter 2 Slovene Political Parties and Their Influence on the Electoral Prospects of Women, Milica Anti? Gaber; Chapter 3 Women's Groups: The Albanian Case, Delina Fico; Chapter 4 Violence Against Women: International Standards, Polish Reality, Urszula Nowakowska; Chapter 5 Rethinking Citizenship: Analyses and Activism in Central and Eastern Europe, Chris Corrin; Chapter 6 Re-imaging Bulgarian Women: The Marxist Legacy and Women's Self-Identity, Tatyana Kotzeva; Chapter 7 New Dimensions of the Sexual Universe: Sexual Discourses in Russian Youth Magazines, Elena Omel'chenko;

Editorial Reviews

'Corrin's collection fills a gap in the existing research of the forces that stand in the way of democratisation in Central and Eastern Europe, pointing out that the participation of all members of society on an equal footing is a basic human right.' - Millennium

'Overall this is a handy volume, useful for its theoretical information and for the theoretical questions it raises ... informative and thought-provoking.' - Europe-Asia Studies

'Honest and poignant ... a welcome addition to the now prodigious literature on women in postsocialist societies and to the new generation of scholarship.' - Slavic Review

From the Publisher

Seven gender-based analyses of social and political changes in the region over the past decade, from vol. 15, no. 1 (March 1999). The topics include Slovene political parties and their influence on the electoral prospects for women, women's groups in Albania, and sexual discourses in Russian youth magazines. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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