Opis: Mothers of the Nation - Patrizia Albanese, P Albanese

How do nationalist governments cope with gender relations? Do their policies modernize, or entrench pre-modern gender roles? In Mothers of the Nation, Patrizia Albanese addresses these questions by assessing the impact of nationalist regimes on the status of women and families in Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, and Russia, at two different points in history: the aftermath of the First World War, which saw a rise in the number of nationalist governments in power, and the last decade of the twentieth century, which saw a revival of ethno-nationalist sentiment in these areas.Comparing nationalist and non-nationalist polities in order to establish the degree to which these governments differ in their treatment of women and families, Albanese concludes that although most ethno-nationalist regimes intend to return women to their 'natural' place in the home as housewives and mothers, their initiatives are mostly ineffective. These reforms are vehemently opposed by women's groups or individual women, are often reversed by subsequent governments, and have little long term demographic impact. Mothers of the Nation is an important addition to the study of women in a transnational context.AcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1 Nationalism: Definitions and Debate -- A Brotherhood of Nationals?Part I The Interwar Period2 Nationalism in the Interwar Period: Germany3 Nationalism in the Interwar Period: Italy4 Internationalist Beginnings in the Interwar Period: Revolutionary Russia5 Multinational Beginnings in the Interwar Period: Kingdom of YugoslaviaPart II The Post-1989 Period6 Nationalist Revival in Post-1989 Russia7 Nationalist Revival in Post-Yugoslav Croatia8 Post-Reunification Germany9 Post--Second World War ItalyPart III Policies and Outcomes Compared10 Outcomes Compared11 Policies Analysed and Compared12 ConclusionsReferences Index

Szczegóły: Mothers of the Nation - Patrizia Albanese, P Albanese

Tytuł: Mothers of the Nation
Autor: Patrizia Albanese, P Albanese
Producent: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802090157
Rok produkcji: 2006
Ilość stron: 224
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.52 kg

Recenzje: Mothers of the Nation - Patrizia Albanese, P Albanese