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Women in Eastern European Post-Socialist Countries Social, Scientific, and Political Lives
Women in Eastern European Post-Socialist Countries: Social, Scientific, and Political Lives explores the role of women in Central and Eastern Europe in bringing about social change, and the obstacles they face in fighting for equality in various areas of life such as science, politics, and reproductive rights.
Against a backdrop of increasing re-traditionalisation of post-socialist societies, and the reinvigoration of patriarchal attitudes, the book presents a timely and important collection. Through chapters authored by academics with different specialities across the social sciences, the book addresses the fundamental areas in which women's determination is already initiating changes, namely politics and diplomacy, science, reproductive rights, and customs resulting from religion.
Women in Eastern European Post-Socialist Countries is of interest to scholars of gender studies, political and social sciences, and contemporary central and eastern European history.
Introduction
A. Kasińska-Metryka and K. Pałka-Suchojad
1. Women in the parliaments of Central and Eastern Europe
E. Kużelewska, A. Włodarska-Frykowska, and E. M. Marciniak
2. How much can women influence diplomacy?
K. Pałka-Suchojad, R. Podgórzańska, and B. Szubtarska
3. Women's opposition as an accelerator of change: The case of Belarus
K. Leszczyńska-Wichmanowska and A. Łukasik-Turecka
4. Generational and cultural determinants of women's participation in protests in central and eastern European countries in the twenty-first century
M. Mikołajczyk
5. Black Protests in Poland: The transformation of public outrage with unconventional political participation
J. Marszałek-Kawa, D. Plecka, and M. Podolak
6. When the state does not want to listen: Non-governmental organizations in the protection of women's reproductive rights
M. Michalczuk-Wlizło, B. Dziemidok-Olszewska, and A. Siewierska
7. Alternative methods of realizing reproductive rights: In vitro on the Polish-Czech border
M. Madej, K. Tybuchowska-Hartlińska, and M. Myśliwiec
8. A female scientist in the European Union: Supporting the scientific development of women in member states
Agata Włodkowska, A. M. Zaręba, and P. Matusz
9. Political activity of women in the shackles of religion: How the politicization of religion and the sacralization of politics determine the role of women in Polish society
A. Kasińska-Metryka
10. A feminist critique of “sustainable development”
E. B. Pietrzak
Conclusion
A. Kasińska-Metryka and K. Pałka-Suchojad
Biography
Agnieszka Kasińska-Metryka is a professor of political science and Director of the Institute of International Relations and Public Policies at Jan Kochanowski University in Poland. She has authored various publications on political leadership, political marketing, and women’s political activity. She is a member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and the Central European Political Science Association (CEPSA).
Karolina Pałka-Suchojad is a political scientist and assistant professor at the Institute of International Relations and Public Policies at Jan Kochanowski University in Poland. Her research focuses on political communication in social media and information management. She is a member of the Polish Society of Political Sciences.
