 | Gender, Globalization, and Postsocialism: The Czech Republic After Communism Subjects: Sex role -- Czech Republic; Man-woman relationships -- Czech Republic; Sexual division of labor -- Czech Republic; Women -- Czech Republic -- Social conditions; Social structure -- Czech Republic; Globalization; Feminist economics; True examines political and gendered identities in flux in post-communist Czech Republic. She argues that the privatization of a formerly state economy and the adoption of consumer-oriented market practices were shaped by ideas and attitudes about gender roles. This book also offers a provocative general thesis about the inextricable linkages between political and economic changes and gender identities. Jacqui True is assistant professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has been a visiting assistant professor of political science at Michigan State University. |
