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Gender (In)equality and Gender Politics in Southeastern Europe: A Question of Justice

By Sabrina P. Ramet , Christine M. Hassenstab

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2015
ISBN
1137462388, 9781137462381
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4056568 bytes)
Series
Gender and Politics
Pages
xiv+380\395
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2015-05-31 20:56:46
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Description

The collapse of socialist regimes across Southeastern Europe changed the rules of the political game overnight and led to the transformation of these societies, immediately affecting the status of women. The contributors to this volume contrast how the status of women in the post-socialist societies of the region evolved and address three central questions: First, in what ways have the situations of women and of sexual minorities changed since 1989/90? Second, to what extent have the dominant religious organizations in the region and local nationalists succeeded in promoting traditional values, how have their neo-traditional narratives challenged women and impacted sexual minorities, and how have local feminists and gay activists responded to such narratives? And third, how have the values of local citizens changed since the end of socialism, as regards gender-related and sex-related matters?

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