The politics of morality : the church, the state, and reproductive rights in postsocialist Poland /
Joanna Mishtal.
- 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations.
- Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series .
- Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series. .
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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Catholic Church--Political activity--Poland.
Women--Political activity--Poland. Women's rights--Poland. Church and state--Poland. Reproductive rights--Poland. Abortion--Poland.