Rai, Shirin and Pilkington, Hilary, 1964- and Phizacklea, Annie, eds. (1992) Women in the face of change : the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China. London : New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415075408

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Abstract

The years 1989 and 1990 will probably be best remembered for the speed and breadth of political and economic change which swept through what used to be referred to as the Communist Bloc. With the disintegration of this bloc, there has been no shortage of western advice on how to "democratize" economy and polity in these societies. However, little thought has been given to what this change means for the millions of women who have toiled for decades alongside men in the factories and fields as well as performing their "womanly mission" in the home. This collection from women in Eastern and Western Europe, and covering both Europe and China, poses many questions about the impact of change. It contributes to the debate that seeks to combat inertia and ethnocentrism within western feminism and also to the separate and the critical "women's voice" which is re-emerging in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China.

Item Type:	Book
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Publisher:	Routledge
Place of Publication:	London : New York
ISBN:	0415075408
Editor:	Rai, Shirin and Pilkington, Hilary, 1964- and Phizacklea, Annie
Official Date:	1992
Dates:	Date Event 1992 Published
Number of Pages:	227
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published

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