Elusive equality : gender, citizenship, and the limits of democracy in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1950 / Melissa Feinberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feinberg, Melissa, author.

Series:

Series in Russian and East European studies.

Pitt series in Russian and East European studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Czechoslovakia--Social conditions.

Women.

Women's rights--Czechoslovakia.

Women's rights.

Czechoslovakia.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Gender, citizenship, and the limits of democracy in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1950

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2006]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Through extensive original research, Melissa Feinberg assembles a compelling account of how early Czech progress in women's rights, tied to democratic reforms, eventually lost momentum in the face of political challenges facing the state in a young republic. Elusive Equality offers a prism to help sharpen our view of the evolution of twentieth-century European democracy and provides a cautionary tale for all who want to see democratic governments thrive."--Jacket

Contents:

Introduction : gender, rights, and the limits of equality in Czechoslovakia

Masaryk, feminism, and democracy in the Czech lands

The fight over the Czechoslovak civil code

One family, one nation : the problem of married women's citizenship

Women in the civil service

Abortion politics in interwar Czechoslovakia

Women and politics in the Czech lands after Munich

The limits of citizenship in the people's democracy.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270) and index.

ISBN:

9780822971030

0822971038

OCLC:

891395371