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Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

PART I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF WOMEN

2 The Sociological Approach of Structural-Functionalism

3 Classical Marxist Theory of Women's Oppression and Liberation

4 Marxist Theory of Domestic Labour and Reproduction of Labour Power

PART II: SOCIALISM AND THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT

5 The Historical Development of Socialist Women's Movements

6 The Women's Movement in the Soviet Union

7 The Women's Movement in State-Socialist Czechoslovakia

PART III: WOMEN IN THE SOVIET UNION

Introductory Note

8 The Family versus the House-commune

9 Housework

10 Employment and Politics

11 Maternity and Child Care

12 Birth Control: A Woman's Right to Choose?

Concluding Note

PART IV: WOMEN IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

13 Historical Background and Legal Changes

14 Housework

15 Employment, Earnings and Positions of Authority

16 Child-Care: Individual versus Collective

17 Pro-Natalist Population Policies

18 Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index