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.
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'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
'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
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The transitional changes which societies in Central and Eastern Europe have been undergoing for a decade since the collapse of the 'Soviet empire' have had far-reaching effects on the lives of their citizens. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
socialist gender ideology, new sensuality, electoral units, determining candidates, healthy cynicism, feminist resistance, youth magazines Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eastern Europe, Democratic Party, National Assembly, Women's Rights Centre, New York, Slovene People's Party, Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, Executive Committee, United List of Social Democrats, Party Council, Slovene Christian Democrats, Vice President, Greens of Slovenia, Labour Code, Ministry of Justice, Mladineo Desnica, Women's Centre, Delina Fico, Western Europe, Alliance of Socialist Youth, Polity Press, Tanya Renne, Zed Books New!
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The transitional changes which societies in Central and Eastern Europe have been undergoing for a decade since the collapse of the 'Soviet empire' have had far-reaching effects on the lives of their citizens. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
socialist gender ideology, new sensuality, electoral units, determining candidates, healthy cynicism, feminist resistance, youth magazines Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eastern Europe, Democratic Party, National Assembly, Women's Rights Centre, New York, Slovene People's Party, Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, Executive Committee, United List of Social Democrats, Party Council, Slovene Christian Democrats, Vice President, Greens of Slovenia, Labour Code, Ministry of Justice, Mladineo Desnica, Women's Centre, Delina Fico, Western Europe, Alliance of Socialist Youth, Polity Press, Tanya Renne, Zed Books New!
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- Citizenship: Pushing the Boundaries: Feminist Review, Issue 57 by The Feminist Review Collective on 4 pages
- Questions of Cultural Identity by Stuart Hall on page 97, page 98, and Back Matter
- Unfinished Democracy: Women in Nordic Politics by E. Haavio-Mannila on page 27, and Back Matter
- The Post-Colonial Critic: Interviews, Strategies, Dialogues by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak on page 97, and Back Matter
- Cultural Studies by Lawrence Grossberg on page 98, and Back Matter
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- Forced Migration in Central and Eastern Europe, 1939-1950 by Alfred J. Rieber in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Russia After Communism (Special Issue of the Journal O) by Rick Fawn in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Ideology and National Identity in Post-communist Foreign Policy by Rick Fawn in Front Matter
- Refining Russia: Advice Literature, Polite Culture, and Gender from Catherine to Yeltsin by Catriona Kelly on page 384
- Tear Off the Masks!: Identity and Imposture in Twentieth-Century Russia by Sheila Fitzpatrick on page 311
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