{"product_id":"womens-social-activism-in-the-new-ukraine-development-and-the-politics-of-differentiation-paperback-softback-9780253219923","title":"Women's Social Activism in the New Ukraine; Development and the Politics of Differentiation (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253219923","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWomen's Social Activism in the New Ukraine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDevelopment and the Politics of Differentiation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSarah D. Phillips (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253219923\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 June 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 14 b\u0026amp;w photos, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.3 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The author includes material on the role of NGOs in Eastern European transitional states, the rise of antifeminist maternalism in the reworked national images of new ideology, and the deterioration in women's material status. —CHOICE\"— J. Zimmerman, emerita, University of Pittsburgh, July 2009\u003cbr\u003e \"The book is a valuable contribution to Ukrainian social studies and an excellent resource for those who wish to learn more about the relationships between citizenship, national ideology, the nongovernmental sector, gender, and social stratification in post-Soviet Ukraine. Despite the focus of the book on adverse social transformations, it is written with good humor and provides a deeply nuanced, vivid and compelling story, which is a pleasure to read.\"—\u003ci\u003eHarvard Ukrainian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The book's conclusions are particularly interesting as they contribute not only to the literature on post-Soviet transition and democratization, but also to the role of civil society and the impact that international organizations have on these processes....This title also makes a valuable contribution to women's studies.April 2012\"—\u003ci\u003eSlavonice and East European Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The profiles of the activists are the most compelling parts of the book. Frequent quotes from the interviews bring the women alive as they struggle to survive through turbulent times.Vol. 26.3 May\/June 2009\"—Sonia Jaffee Robbins, co-founder, \u003ci\u003eNetwork of East-West Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \". . . a fascinating collage of information about post-socialist Ukraine . . . .Vol. 68.3 July 2009\"—Anne White, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Bath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Women's Social Activism in the New Ukraine will appeal to anyone interested in women's activism, nongovernmental organizations and efforts to build civil society. The book provides a fascinating look at the complicated transition to a post-socialist society. September 12, 2010\"—\u003ci\u003eDaily News, Bowling Green, KY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Women's Social Activism in the New Ukraine is a compelling, accessible book that should be read by scholars, activists, and policy makers alike.\"—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Ethnologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Sarah Phillips offers a compelling analysis of women's social activism and the different paths it has taken in post-Soviet Ukraine.\"—\u003ci\u003eSEER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Hopefully, Phillip's engaging study will move political sociologists with an interest in . . . meso-level structures, as well as political scientists who study administrative and legislative aspects of social welfare, to join anthropologists in a productive dialogue on these and other issues, expanding the new field of post-communist social welfare studies.May 2010\"—\u003ci\u003ePoLAR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A pioneering work in the study of Ukrainian femininity and feminism [that] makes an important contribution to feminist scholarship, to the still underdone scholarship on Ukrainian women, and to comparative studies of Eastern European women.\"—Marian Rubchak, \u003ci\u003eValparaiso University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn postsocialist Ukraine, with privatization and the scaling back of the social safety net, it is primarily women who have been left as leaders of service-oriented NGOs and mutual aid associations, caring for the marginalized and destitute with little or no support from the Ukrainian state. Sarah D. Phillips follows 11 activists over the course of several years to document the unexpected effects that social activism has produced for women: increasing social inequality and \"differentiation\" in the form of new cultural criteria for productive citizenship and new definitions of the rights and needs of various categories of citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note on Transliteration and Translation\u003cbr\u003e Note on the Purchasing Power of the Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH)\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Women, NGOs, and the Politics of Differentiation\u003cbr\u003e 1. All Aboard the \"Titanic Ukraina\"\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ukrainian NGO-graphy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Claims and Class\u003cbr\u003e 4. Movin' On Up: Social Activism and Upward Mobility\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Dyferentsiatsiia, Democracy, and Development\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525935657240,"sku":"9780253219923","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/womens-social-activism-in-the-new-ukraine-development-and-the-politics-of-differentiation-paperback-softback-9780253219923","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}