Women's social activism in the new Ukraine : development and the politics of differentiation / Sarah D. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Sarah D.

Series:

New anthropologies of Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women social reformers--Ukraine.

Women social reformers.

Non-governmental organizations--Ukraine.

Non-governmental organizations.

Ukraine--Social conditions--1991-2014.

Ukraine.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xvi, 206 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2008]

Summary:

When the socialist regimes of Eastern Europe fell in the early 1990s, it was assumed that robust civil societies would be the key to establishing democracy in the region. Western governments allocated millions of dollars to civil society building efforts, especially nongovernmental organizations. In postsocialist Ukraine, with privatization and the scaling back of the social safety net, it is primarily women who have been left as leaders of service-oriented NGOs and mutual-aid associations, caring for the marginalized and destitute with little or no support from the Ukrainian state. In this compelling study, Sarah D. Phillips follows eleven activists over the course of several years to document the unexpected effects that social activism has produced for Ukraine's women as they take up the "housework of politics." While NGO activism is generally assumed to be empowering in such situations, Phillips reveals the NGO sector to be a site for postsocialist "differentiation" of citizens, as criteria for productive citizenship are reworked, and the rights and needs of various categories of citizens redefined. By viewing the women's experiences in the broader context of social change, Ukrainian social welfare reform, and international development programs, Phillips examines intertwining processes of differentiation as certain types of claims, organizations, and NGO leaders are privileged over others, sharpening social inequalities.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Note on transliteration and translation

Note on the purchasing power of the Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH)

Introduction : women, NGOs, and the politics of differentiation

All aboard the "Titanic Ukraina"

Ukrainian NGO-graphy

Claims and class

Movin' on up : social activism and upward mobility

Conclusion : dyferentsiatsiia, democracy, and development

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-195) and index.

ISBN:

9780253351647

0253351642

9780253219923

0253219922

OCLC:

177008324