Gendered transitions
A review essay
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15073544 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maxine Molyneux (0000-0002-3548-0943, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 49-54 |
| Publication date | 1995-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender & Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1355-2074 • E-ISSN: 1364-9221 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/741921867 |
| OpenAlex | W2029177046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
t is over five years since the collapse of communism in East and Central Europe; long enough for the optimism and excitement of the 'democratic revolutions' to have been dissipated by other, far less optimistic, scenarios. The costs of this great transition, still under way, have been high: as historical processes affect men and women differently, it is no surprise that many of these costs have been borne by women. This is certainly the picture painted by this group of eight books, which is broadly representative of the body of literature on women in post-communist states that has emerged to date. If there is a common perspective uniting these otherwise varied endeavours, it is a concern to show how, in the different areas of social life, gender inequalities are being reproduced. This is not to say that things were fine under communism. On the contrary, gender asymmetries were marked then too, with women positioned as second-class citizens in a socialist political system that was itself deformed, bearing the double burden of low-paid full-time employment and arduous domestic responsibilities. So, now that this entire system has collapsed and a new one is in the process of emerging, what has changed for women? Under communism there was the security afforded through a paternalistic state, and, for all its problems, full employment
Communism · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Optimism · Paternalism · Pessimism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |