Market Dreams : Gender, Class, and Capitalism in the Czech Republic.

Drawing on a rich trove of focus group data, interviews, and textual sources, Elaine Weiner's Market Dreams powerfully captures the varied responses of female managers and factory workers in the Czech Republic to their country's transition from socialism to capitalism. Her work, rooted in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Michigan Press 2010.
Temas:
Since 1993
Sex role > Czech Republic.
Rôle selon le sexe > République tchèque.
Economic history
Sex role
Social conditions
Czech Republic > Economic conditions > 1993-
Czech Republic > Social conditions > 1993-
République tchèque > Conditions économiques > 1993-
République tchèque > Conditions sociales > 1993-
Czech Republic
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Two Logics, One Life
  • 3. A Velvet Vision: The Economic Liberalization (and Liberation) of the Czech Republic
  • 4. Rational Economic (Wo)Men: Market Mantras and Managers
  • 5. No (Wo)Man's Land: The Postsocialist Purgatory of Czech Female Factory Workers
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Appendix: Sample Demographics
  • References
  • Index.

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