Women''s Social Activism in the New Ukraine - Development and the Politics of Differentiation

Informationen zum Autor Sarah D. Phillips is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University, Bloomington. Klappentext Sarah D. Phillips is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University, Bloomington. Zusammenfassung In Ukraine, with privatization and the scaling back of the social safety net, it is women who have been left as leaders of service-oriented NGOs and mutual aid associations, caring for the destitute with little or no support from the Ukrainian state. This book documents the unexpected effects that social activism has produced for women in Ukraine. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Preface Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Translation Note on the Purchasing Power of the Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH) Introduction: Women, NGOs, and the Politics of Differentiation 1. All Aboard the "Titanic Ukraina" 2. Ukrainian NGO-graphy 3. Claims and Class 4. Movin' On Up: Social Activism and Upward Mobility Conclusion: Dyferentsiatsiia, Democracy, and Development Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Sarah D Phillips, Sarah D. Phillips, Phillips Sarah D
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2008
• EAN: 9780253219923
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21992-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: New Anthropologies of Europe; New Anthropologies of Europe; New Anthropologies of Europe (
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories