Gender, Politics and Society in Ukraine / / ed. by Olena Hankivsky, Anastasiya Salnykova.

• MitwirkendeR: Bureychak, Tetyana,; Hankivsky, Olena,; Hrycak, Alexandra,; Kis, Oksana,; Koshulap, Iryna,; Martsenyuk, Tamara,; Oksamytna, Svitlana,; Phillips, Sarah D.,; Plakhotnik, Olga,; Riabchuk, Anastasiya,; Rubchak, Marian J.,; Salnykova, Anastasiya,; Semikolenova, Elena,; Tolstokorova, Alissa V.,; Zhurzhenko, Tatiana,
• HerausgeberIn: Hankivsky, Olena,; Salnykova, Anastasiya,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.) :; 27 figures; 27 tables

Gender, Politics, and Society in Ukraine is the first collection to examine how political, social, and economic transitions in post-Communist Ukraine are transforming gender roles and relations within the country. Leading Western and Ukrainian scholars and practitioners address a wide range of effects associated with and reinforced by these transitions - including the breakdown of the general welfare system, the lack of progress in the development of the healthcare system, gender inequality in political representation, the patriarchal nature of nation building, human trafficking, domestic violence, changing conceptions of fatherhood and masculinity, homelessness, and LGBT issues - from a variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives.Gender, Politics, and Society in Ukraine is particularly innovative in its exploration of both women's and men's experiences and the ways in which gender relations shift over time in societies undergoing transitions to democracy. As such, this volume furthers the understanding of the complex obstacles and challenges of working towards gender equality in evolving democracies and identifies future priorities for research, politics, and policy development.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Gender in Transition: Legacies, Opportunities, and Milestones in Post-Soviet Ukraine -- PART I. Politics and Gender -- 1. A Mosaic Model of Gender Democracy in Ukraine -- 2. Discourse of Continuity and Change: The Legislative Path to Equality -- 3. Electoral Reforms and Women's Representation in Ukraine -- 4. Global Campaigns to Combat Violence against Women: Theorizing Their Impact in Post-Communist Ukraine -- PART II. Gender and Social Structures -- 5. Gender, Nation, and Reproduction: Demographic Discourses and Politics in Ukraine after the Orange Revolution -- 6. (Re)Constructing Ukrainian Women's History: Actors, Authors, and Narratives -- 7. Gender and Social Worth in Post-Soviet Ukrainian Civil Society -- 8. Homeless Men and the Crisis of Masculinity in Contemporary Ukraine -- PART III. Gender and Education -- 9. Gender Policy and Education in Contemporary Ukraine: Discourses and Controversies -- 10. Gender Analysis of School Textbooks in Ukraine -- 11. Educational Achievement, Social Background, and Occupational Allocations of Young Men and Women in Ukraine -- PART IV. Emerging Issues -- 12. Gender and Health in Ukraine -- 13. Masculinity in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine: Models and Their Implications -- 14. Cash and/or Care: Current Discourses and Practices of Fatherhood in Ukraine -- 15. Ukrainian Societal Attitudes towards the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities -- 16. Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Ukraine: Tensions, Challenges, and Possibilities -- Afterword