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The Century of Women

How Women Have Transformed the World since 1900

by Maria Bucur ...

This innovative text explores the unprecedented changes in the realms of politics, demography, economics, culture, knowledge, and kinship that women have brought about in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Global in reach, the book provides a comparative analysis of developments worldwide to show both progress as well as new tensions and forms of inequality that have emerged out of women’s ... Read more

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This innovative text explores the unprecedented changes in the realms of politics, demography, economics, culture, knowledge, and kinship that women have brought about in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Global in reach, the book provides a comparative analysis of developments worldwide to show both progress as well as new tensions and forms of inequality that have emerged out of women’s
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Birth of Democratic Citizenship

Women and Power in Modern Romania

by Maria Bucur, Mihaela Miroiu ...

"A tour de force . . . speaks powerfully to questions that are being currently debated in Romania, Poland, and Hungary." —Jeffrey C. Isaac, author of Democracy in Dark TimesWhat is it like to be a woman living through the transition from communism to democracy? What effect does this have on a woman's daily life, on her concept of herself, her family, and her community? This book presents the ... Read more

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"A tour de force . . . speaks powerfully to questions that are being currently debated in Romania, Poland, and Hungary." —Jeffrey C. Isaac, author of Democracy in Dark TimesWhat is it like to be a woman living through the transition from communism to democracy? What effect does this have on a woman's daily life, on her concept of herself, her family, and her community? This book presents the
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The Nation’s Gratitude

World War I and Citizenship Rights in Interwar Romania

by Maria Bucur ...

Series series Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe
A pioneering work for the history of veterans’ rights in Romania, this study brings into focus the laws and policies the state developed in response to the unprecedented human losses in World War I. It features in lively and accessible language the varied responses of veterans, widows and orphans to those policies. The analysis emphasizes how ordinary citizens became educated about and used state ... Read more

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A pioneering work for the history of veterans’ rights in Romania, this study brings into focus the laws and policies the state developed in response to the unprecedented human losses in World War I. It features in lively and accessible language the varied responses of veterans, widows and orphans to those policies. The analysis emphasizes how ordinary citizens became educated about and used state
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Journal of Romanian Studies

Volume 1,1 (2019)

by Katherine Verdery, Vintila Mihailescu, Dennis Deletant, Maria Bucur, Marius Stan, Vladimir Tismaneanu ...

Series Book 1.1 - Journal of Romanian Studies
Contents Vintilă Mihăilescu A Subjective Centenary: The Peasant Footprint in Recent Romanian History Katherine Verdery Notes on a Century of Surveillance Dennis Deletant Shattered Illusions: Britain and Iuliu Maniu, 1940–1945 Maria Bucur The Queen Is No Sister: Three Faces of Marie of Romania Marius Stan and Vladimir Tismaneanu Stalinism and Anti-Stalinism in Romania: The Case of Alexandru Jar ... Read more

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Contents Vintilă Mihăilescu A Subjective Centenary: The Peasant Footprint in Recent Romanian History Katherine Verdery Notes on a Century of Surveillance Dennis Deletant Shattered Illusions: Britain and Iuliu Maniu, 1940–1945 Maria Bucur The Queen Is No Sister: Three Faces of Marie of Romania Marius Stan and Vladimir Tismaneanu Stalinism and Anti-Stalinism in Romania: The Case of Alexandru Jar
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Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity

by Ina Merdjanova, Kristin Aune, Milica Bakic-Hayden, Maria Bucur, Ketevan Gurchiani, James Kapalo, Helena Kupari, Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Eleni Sotiriou, Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir0, Detelina Tocheva1 ...

Series series Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought
Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity fills a significant gap in the sociology of religious practice: Studies focused on women’s religiosity have overlooked Orthodox populations, while studies of Orthodox practice (operating within the dominant theological, historical, and sociological framework) have remained gender-blind.The essays in this collection shed new light on the women who make ... Read more

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Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity fills a significant gap in the sociology of religious practice: Studies focused on women’s religiosity have overlooked Orthodox populations, while studies of Orthodox practice (operating within the dominant theological, historical, and sociological framework) have remained gender-blind.The essays in this collection shed new light on the women who make
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Gendering Modernism

A Historical Reappraisal of the Canon

by Professor Maria Bucur ...

Gendering Modernism offers a critical reappraisal of the modernist movement, asking how gender norms of the time shaped the rebellion of the self-avowed modernists and examining the impact of radical gender reformers on modernism.Focusing primarily on the connections between North American and European modernists, Maria Bucur explains why it is imperative that we consider the gender angles of ... Read more

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Gendering Modernism offers a critical reappraisal of the modernist movement, asking how gender norms of the time shaped the rebellion of the self-avowed modernists and examining the impact of radical gender reformers on modernism.Focusing primarily on the connections between North American and European modernists, Maria Bucur explains why it is imperative that we consider the gender angles of
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Birth of Democratic Citizenship

Women and Power in Modern Romania

by Maria Bucur-Deckard, Mihaela Miroiu ...

What is it like to be a woman living through the transition from communism to democracy? What effect does this have on a woman's daily life, on her concept of herself, her family, and her community? Birth of Democratic Citizenship presents the stories of women in Romania as they describe their experiences on the journey to democratic citizenship. In candid and revealing conversations, women ... Read more

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What is it like to be a woman living through the transition from communism to democracy? What effect does this have on a woman's daily life, on her concept of herself, her family, and her community? Birth of Democratic Citizenship presents the stories of women in Romania as they describe their experiences on the journey to democratic citizenship. In candid and revealing conversations, women
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Wounded Galaxies 1968

Geopolitics and Culture Wars

by Joan Hawkins, Tariq Ali, David Andrews, Rakhee Balaram, Maria Bucur-Deckard, Stephen Buttes, Anna Chichi, Pete Hamill0, Tom Hayden1, Matthew Hubbell2, Seth Kim-Cohen3, Annea Lockwood4, Scott MacDonald5, Greil Marcus6, Timothy S. Murphy7, Kristoffer S. Noheden8, William "bil" Paul9, Marielle Pelissero0, Elijah Pritchett1, Chris Reynolds2, Davis Schneiderman3, Ward Shelley4, Christopher Sieving5, Samuel Smucker6, Laurie Stone7, Katharine Streip8, McKenzie Wark9, Alex Wermer-Colan0, Laurel Westrup1, Eric Zobel2 ...

Wounded Galaxies 1968 examines the relationship between radical politics, radical aesthetics, radical culture, and the legacy of a watershed year for the world. Like the Surrealists before them, 1968's counterculture believed that changing the world (politics) and changing art (life, culture) were part of the same project.This year saw violent protests and uprisings, including those at the ... Read more

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Wounded Galaxies 1968 examines the relationship between radical politics, radical aesthetics, radical culture, and the legacy of a watershed year for the world. Like the Surrealists before them, 1968's counterculture believed that changing the world (politics) and changing art (life, culture) were part of the same project.This year saw violent protests and uprisings, including those at the
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Journal of Romanian Studies

Volume 1,2 (2019)

by Svetlana Suveica, Lucian Leuștean, Florian Kührer-Wielach, Gavin Bowd, Gábor Egry, Doina Anca Cretu ...

Series Book 1.2 - Journal of Romanian Studies
The new biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press, examines critical issues in Romanian studies, linking work in that field to wider theoretical debates and issues of current relevance, and serving as a forum for junior and senior scholars. The journal also presents articles that connect Romania and Moldova ... Read more

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The new biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press, examines critical issues in Romanian studies, linking work in that field to wider theoretical debates and issues of current relevance, and serving as a forum for junior and senior scholars. The journal also presents articles that connect Romania and Moldova
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China's Future

by David Shambaugh ...

China's future is arguably the most consequential question in global affairs. Having enjoyed unprecedented levels of growth, China is at a critical juncture in the development of its economy, society, polity, national security, and international relations. The direction the nation takes at this turning point will determine whether it stalls or continues to develop and prosper.Will China be ... Read more

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China's future is arguably the most consequential question in global affairs. Having enjoyed unprecedented levels of growth, China is at a critical juncture in the development of its economy, society, polity, national security, and international relations. The direction the nation takes at this turning point will determine whether it stalls or continues to develop and prosper.Will China be
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Getting China Wrong

by Aaron L. Friedberg ...

The West’s strategy of engagement with China has failed. More than three decades of trade and investment with the advanced democracies have left that country far richer and stronger than it would otherwise have been. But growth and development have not caused China’s rulers to relax their grip on political power, abandon their mercantilist economic policies, or accept the rules and norms of the ... Read more

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The West’s strategy of engagement with China has failed. More than three decades of trade and investment with the advanced democracies have left that country far richer and stronger than it would otherwise have been. But growth and development have not caused China’s rulers to relax their grip on political power, abandon their mercantilist economic policies, or accept the rules and norms of the
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The Accumulation of Freedom

Writings on Anarchist Economics

by Michael Albert, Iain McKay ...

The only crisis of capitalism is capitalism itself. Let's toss credit default swaps, bailouts, environmental externalities and, while we're at it, private ownership of production in the dustbin of history. The Accumulation of Freedom brings together economists, historians, theorists, and activists for a first-of-its-kind study of anarchist economics. The editors aren't trying to subvert the notion ... Read more

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The only crisis of capitalism is capitalism itself. Let's toss credit default swaps, bailouts, environmental externalities and, while we're at it, private ownership of production in the dustbin of history. The Accumulation of Freedom brings together economists, historians, theorists, and activists for a first-of-its-kind study of anarchist economics. The editors aren't trying to subvert the notion
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