Post-Soviet women : from the Baltic to Central Asia
De bijdragen in deze bundel belichten de economische en socialeontwikkeling in de landen van de voormalige Sovietunie, metspeciale aandacht voor de rol van vrouwen. De volgendebijdragen zijn opgenomen: Victims and agents: gender inpost-Soviet states / door Mary Buckley; Do Russian women wantto work? / door Sarah Ashwin en Elain Bowers; Rural women andthe impact of economic change / door Sue Bridger; Women and theculture of entrepreneurship / door Marta Bruno; Images of anideal woman: perceptions of Russian womanhood through themedia, education and women's own eyes / door Rebecca Kay; 'Shewas asking for it': rape and domestic violence against women /door Lynne Attwood; 'For the sake of the children': gender andmigration in the former Soviet Union / door Hilary Pilkington;When the fighting is over: the soldiers' mothers and the Afghanmadonnas / door Kathryn Pinnick; Adaptation of the SovietWomen's Committee: deputies' voices from 'Women of Russia' /door Mary Buckley; Women's groups in Russia / door OlgaLipovskaya: Women in changing societies: Latvia and Lithuania /door Nijole White; Progress on hold: the conservative faces ofwomen in Ukraine / door Solomea Pavlychko; Out of the kitcheninto the crossfire: women in independent Armenia / door NoraDudwick; The women's peace train in Georgia / door TamaraDragadze; Between tradition and modernity: the dilemma facingcontemporary Central Asian women / door Shirin Akiner.