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Mishtal, Joanna,

The politics of morality : the church, the state, and reproductive rights in postsocialist Poland / Joanna Mishtal. - 1 online resource - 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.

The Politics of Morality is an anthropological study of the expansion of power of the religious right in postsocialist Poland and its effects on individual rights and social mores.


English.

ISBN: 9780821445174 0821445170

LCCN: 2015018324

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Catholic Church--Political activity--Poland.
Catholic Church

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Since 1989

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--Political activity--Poland.
Women's rights--Poland.
Church and state--Poland.
Reproductive rights--Poland.
Abortion--Poland.
Femmes--Activité politique--Pologne.
Femmes--Droits--Pologne.
Église et État--Pologne.
Droits génésiques--Pologne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.
Abortion
Church and state
Political participation
Politics and government
Reproductive rights
Women--Political activity
Women's rights

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Poland--Politics and government--1989-
Pologne--Politique et gouvernement--1989-
Poland

LC Class. No.: HQ1236.5.P7 / M57 2015eb

Dewey Class. No.: 320.08209438