Engendering Transformation : Post-socialist Experiences on Work, Politics, and Culture

Name: Engendering Transformation : Post-socialist Experiences on Work, Politics, and Culture
Brand: Verlag Barbara Budrich

Verlag Barbara Budrich

Engendering TransformationPost-socialist Experiences on Work, Politics, and Culture\nAuthor(s): Heike Kahlert, Sabine Schfer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich, Germany\nImprint: Verlag Barbara Budrich\nISBN-13: 9783866494220, 978-3866494220\nSynopsis\nGender relations in post-socialist countries Even more than 20 years after turning away from socialism, Eastern European and Central Asian states are still characterized by the regime change in the fields of work, politics, and culture. What are the effects and implications that this change has produced for gender relations in post-socialist countries? And what does this mean for the situation of women and men living there today? In this context gender relations are especially interesting since gender equality was perceived as a political goal and, moreover, a given reality in socialism. The articles in this volume show the changes as well as the stability of gender relations and power structures during the transfo.