Author : Valentine M. Moghadam
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 39,84 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Countries covered in the empirical case studies are Russia, Estonia, Poland, the Czech and Slovak republics, the former East Germany, Hungary, and Bulgaria.
Author : Valerie Sperling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 1999-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521669634
A rich and clearly-written analysis of the women's movement in contemporary Russia.
Author : Al Rainnie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 20,85 MB
Release : 2005-07-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1134534973
Since the late 1980s the experiences of work and employment in the former communist world have been profoundly transformed. Work, Employment and Transition brings together a series of essays by leading international scholars which highlights the varied and complex forms that work and employment restructuring are taking in the post-soviet world, and makes important theoretical contributions to our understanding of these transformations.
Author : Jane S. Jaquette
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 16,91 MB
Release : 1998-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801858383
A unique look at the political experiences of women in two regions of the world--Latin American and Eastern and Central Europe--which have moved from authoritarian to democratic regimes. By examining various political attitudes and efforts of women as they learn to participate in the political process, contributors offer important new insights into democratic consolidation.
Author : John D Nagle
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 1999-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780761956792
This wide-ranging overview of the processes of democratization in post-Communist Europe, places the transitions in East-Central Europe within a broad European and global context. The authors begin with a introduction to the concept and theories of democracy and then examine the emerging politics of the new democracies to set the post-Communist transitions in longer-term comparative perspective with earlier and existing processes of democratization in Southern Europe, Latin America, and East and Southeast Asia. Finally the politics of EU accession are introduced to place the transitions within the wider context of European integration. Concluding with a summary of recent critiques of modern democ
Author : John Pickles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 22,60 MB
Release : 2005-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 1134715641
Theorizing Transition provides a comprehensive examination of the economic, political, social and cultural transformations in post-Communist countries and an important critique of transition theory and policy. The authors create the basis of a theoretical understanding of transition in terms of a political economy of capitalist development. The diversity of forms and complexities of transition are examined through a wide range of examples from post-Soviet countries and comparative studies from countries such as Vietnam and China. Theorizing Transition challenges many of the comfortable assumptions unleashed by the euphoria of democratisation and the triumphalism of market capitalism in the early 1990s and shows transition to be much more complex than mainstream theory suggests.
Author : Jill M. Bystydzienski
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 30,35 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780253334459
The book illustrates how community-based actions, programs, and organizations that allow women to determine their lives and participate in decision making contribute to the creation of a civil society and thus enhance democracy. The case studies show how participation in grassroots movements promotes women's involvement in their organizations, communities, and in societal institutions, as it influences state policy and empowers women in personal relationships.
Author : Mike Ingham
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 13,91 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789639241145
Can women succeed? Gender has been an issue thus far neglected in transition economies. Drawing on official statistics, an international multidisciplinary team examines how women have been affected by the labor market reforms in Poland in the transition period of the 1990s.
Author : Regina Becker-Schmidt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 28,69 MB
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3322949524
Das englischsprachige Buch untersucht die Lebensverhältnisse erwerbstätiger Frauen unter den Bedingungen ökonomischer, politscher und kultureller Transformation.
Author : Thomas Lange
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 16,40 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781782542995
Unemployment in Theory and Practice examines the effectiveness of current policies in the battle against unemployment. It uses a variety of country case studies to analyse the range of potential causes of and cures for unemployment and analyses the complex nature of labour markets.
