Czech Society in-between the Waves
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12527273 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eva Vesinova-Kalivodova (0000-0001-8380-2751, Charles University, Prague,, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 421-435 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Women s Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-5068 • E-ISSN: 1461-7420 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1350506805057099 |
| OpenAlex | W2097943236 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
The article explores gender roles in Czech society during the 1990s, seeking in them continuity with the socialist past as well as divergence from it. The state-socialist construction of social space brought women (and men), in the course of 40 years, into a post-feminist situation - they got beyond the second-wave claim of the public sphere for women. The communist epoch gave birth to an illusory gender equity while it preserved a specifically modified public/private divide and ’empowered’ attitudes of the population that were characteristic of pre-feminist consciousness. This complex legacy has been used by the (male) political power of Czech ’neoliberal’ democracy post-1989, while it has disadvantaged women, who have been becoming rapidly unequal to men. The article examines whether Czech accession to the EU will enhance gender equality in a post-communist society. Feminist action (of which there are some signs in Czech society), the study concludes, is needed more than ever
Communism · Czech · Disadvantaged · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Power (physics · Public sphere · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |