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Published simultaneously as Vol. 18, nos. 3 and 4 of International journal of sociology. To complement studies of East Germany that center on the state, examines social structures, institutions and processes of daily life, including families, schools, neighborhoods, workplaces, churches, and leisure

During the communist period in Eastern Europe, even women with small children typically worked outside the home, and their participation in formal political institutions was virtually mandatory. In the 1990s, with the introduction of market reforms, women have been disproportionately affected by employment downsizing and the dramatic erosion of social services. Nor have they fared well in electoral politics, and woman have been especially vuln...

The blind mendicant in Ukrainian folk tradition is a little-known social order, but an important one. The singers of Ukrainian epics, these minstrels were organized into professional guilds that set standards for training and performance. Repressed during the Stalin era, this is their story.

The blind mendicant in Ukrainian folk tradition is a little-known social order, but an important one

Women in Power in Post-Communist Parliaments examines the life and workof women who have reached positions of political power after the end of communism inEurope. It explores the roles they have adopted, the relationships they havecultivated, and the agendas they have pursued. Much of the literature on women inpost-Communist states has focused on one or two countries. This volume treats theissues comparatively, in six countries -- the Czech Re...