Broschiertes Buch

Feminist Conversations

Women, Trauma and Empowerment in Post-Transitional Societies

Herausgeber: Budryte, Dovile; Riegg, Natalya T.; Vaughn, Lisa M.

Beschreibung

This book offers a wealth of knowledge about addressing women's social and political issues and discusses some of the most striking examples of democratization. Women across all cultural lines will feel empowered to re-ignite our movement towards an egalitarian society transcending all boundaries and barriers.-T. V. Means, Ph.D.

Autor

Dovile Budryte is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Her research interests include gender studies, nationalism and democratization. She wrote Taming Nationalism? Political Community Building in the Post-Soviet Baltic States (Ashgate, 2005) and numerous articles about minority rights and collective memory in the Baltic states. Lisa M. Vaughn is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio. Her primary research interests are socio-cultural issues affecting the health and well-being of families, especially immigrant and minority populations in the United States. With a life-long interest in other cultures, Lisa has worked with universities and communities around the world, including Guatemala, South Africa, Denmark and the Dominican Republic. Natalya T. Riegg is a Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kansas. Her fields of specialization include political philosophy, cross-cultural communication and international women's issues. She is the author of dozens of articles and a book, The Social Philosophy of Alvin Toffler (in Russian).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9780761843795
• ISBN-10: 0761843795
• Artikelnr.: 25467529