The politics of morality : the church, the state, and reproductive rights in postsocialist Poland / Joanna Mishtal.

By: Mishtal, Joanna [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies seriesPublisher: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2015]Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780821445174Subject(s): Catholic Church -- Political activity -- Poland | Women -- Political activity -- Poland | Women's rights -- Poland | Church and state -- Poland | Reproductive rights -- Poland | Abortion -- Poland | Poland -- Politics and government -- 1989-Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Politics of morality : the church, the state, and reproductive rights in postsocialist Poland.DDC classification: 320.08209438 LOC classification: HQ1236.5.P7 | M57 2015Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : women's rights and democratization: the Polish paradox -- "The church was helping us win freedom" : democratic transition and the return of God -- Restricting access to reproductive services : religious power and moral governance -- Women respond : feminist consciousness-raising and activism -- Confessions, Kolda rituals, and other surveillance -- Abortion, Polish style -- The "dying nation" and the postsocialist logics of declining motherhood -- Conclusion : the future of women's rights in Poland.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : women's rights and democratization: the Polish paradox -- "The church was helping us win freedom" : democratic transition and the return of God -- Restricting access to reproductive services : religious power and moral governance -- Women respond : feminist consciousness-raising and activism -- Confessions, Kolda rituals, and other surveillance -- Abortion, Polish style -- The "dying nation" and the postsocialist logics of declining motherhood -- Conclusion : the future of women's rights in Poland.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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