Maternal Health Policies in Countries in Transition
Poland and Kyrgyzstan, 1990–2006
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11220185 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Wejnert (0000-0002-1738-5248, Gender Studies, corresponding author), Andrea Parrot (0000-0001-6438-6078, Cornell University), Alma Djumabaeva (Kyrgyz State National University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 279-300 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Marriage & Family Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-4929 • E-ISSN: 1540-9635 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01494920802255927 |
| OpenAlex | W1982460144 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
Starting with the initiation of democratic and market economic transitions, unsupportive policies concerning women's reproductive health were implemented in Kyrgyzstan and Poland in the period 1990–2006. These policies were expressed by (1) political decisions limiting available funding to support medical practices protecting women's reproductive health, (2) diminishing or restricted dissemination of knowledge about family planning, and (3) the implementation of new contraception and abortion policies. Could these changes be perceived as combat between democratic liberalism, cosmopolitanism, and tolerance versus traditionalism, insularism, and fundamentalism? We use analyses of policies concerning women's reproductive and maternal health to manifest rivalry between economic crisis and the push toward modernity and between traditionalism and liberalism. We demonstrate that the return to traditional gender roles and gender policies, and their practical application expressed in maternal health policies, illustrates cultural backlash toward diffusing Western liberalism in countries in political and economic transition
Abortion · Authoritarianism · Cosmopolitanism · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Fundamentalism · Liberalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Pregnancy · Reproductive health · Rivalry · Sociology · Demography · Gender Politics and Representation · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2021 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |