Physical Description
ix, 208 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : the best of times, the worst of times
Women and the First World War, 1914-1918
Women as citizens in the inter-war democracies
Women in the authoritarian and totalitarian states of the inter-war years
Women in the Second World War
The best of both worlds? : women in Western Europe in the post-war era, 1945-1970
Too emancipated? : women in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1945-1989
The personal and the political : women's liberation in Western Europe, 1968-1990
Democracy without women : the post-Communist transition, 1989-present
From equal rights to gender mainstreaming : women in the European Union, 1980-present
Conclusion : emancipation as myth and reality.
ISBN
9781403941923
1403941920 (hbk.)
1403941939 (pbk.)
9781403941930 (pbk.)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-199) and index.
Introduction : the best of times, the worst of times -- Women and the First World War, 1914-1918 -- Women as citizens in the inter-war democracies -- Women in the authoritarian and totalitarian states of the inter-war years -- Women in the Second World War -- The best of both worlds? : women in Western Europe in the post-war era, 1945-1970 -- Too emancipated? : women in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1945-1989 -- The personal and the political : women's liberation in Western Europe, 1968-1990 -- Democracy without women : the post-Communist transition, 1989-present -- From equal rights to gender mainstreaming : women in the European Union, 1980-present -- Conclusion : emancipation as myth and reality.
