Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Gender in Transition: Legacies, Opportunities, and Milestones in Post-Soviet Ukraine

PART I. Politics and Gender

1. A Mosaic Model of Gender Democracy in Ukraine

2. Discourse of Continuity and Change: The Legislative Path to Equality

3. Electoral Reforms and Women’s Representation in Ukraine

4. Global Campaigns to Combat Violence against Women: Theorizing Their Impact in Post-Communist Ukraine

PART II. Gender and Social Structures

5. Gender, Nation, and Reproduction: Demographic Discourses and Politics in Ukraine after the Orange Revolution

6. (Re)Constructing Ukrainian Women’s History: Actors, Authors, and Narratives

7. Gender and Social Worth in Post-Soviet Ukrainian Civil Society

8. Homeless Men and the Crisis of Masculinity in Contemporary Ukraine

PART III. Gender and Education

9. Gender Policy and Education in Contemporary Ukraine: Discourses and Controversies

10. Gender Analysis of School Textbooks in Ukraine

11. Educational Achievement, Social Background, and Occupational Allocations of Young Men and Women in Ukraine

PART IV. Emerging Issues

12. Gender and Health in Ukraine

13. Masculinity in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine: Models and Their Implications

14. Cash and/or Care: Current Discourses and Practices of Fatherhood in Ukraine

15. Ukrainian Societal Attitudes towards the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities

16. Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Ukraine: Tensions, Challenges, and Possibilities

Afterword