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

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 effec...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2012
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (456 p.) :; 27 figures; 27 tables
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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