02956nam 2200421z- 450 991073727880332120230912175204.01-00-331151-21-000-87708-61-003-31151-2(CKB)5680000000302831(MiAaPQ)EBC7245509(EXLCZ)99568000000030283120230329c2023uuuu -u- -engur|||||||||||East Central Europe and communism politics, culture, and society, 1943-1991 /Sabrina P. RametRoutledge1-03-231818-X Communism's unintended consequences: an introduction -- The Soviet bloc, 1944-1956 -- The Soviet bloc, 1956-1980 -- The Soviet bloc, 1980-1989/90 -- Socialist mavericks: Yugoslavia and Albania, 1943-1991 -- Epitaph."The communists of East Central Europe came to power promising to bring about genuine equality, paying special attention to achieving gender equality, to build up industry and create prosperous societies, and to use music, art, and literature to promote socialist ideals. Instead, they never succeeded in filling more than a third of their legislatures with women and were unable to make significant headway against entrenched patriarchal views; they considered it necessary (with the sole exception of Albania) to rely heavily on credits to build up their economies, eventually driving them into bankruptcy; and the effort to instrumentalize the arts ran aground in most of the region already by 1956, and, in Yugoslavia, by 1949. Communism was all about planning, control, and politicization. Except for Yugoslavia after 1949, the communists sought to plan and control not only politics and the economy, but also the media and information, religious organizations, culture, and the promotion of women, which they understood in the first place as involving putting women to work. Inspired by the groundbreaking work of Robert K. Merton on functionalist theory, this book shows how communist policies were repeatedly undermined by unintended consequences and outright dysfunctions"--Provided by publisher.East Central Europe and CommunismEqualityEurope, CentralHistory20th centuryWomen's rightsEurope, CentralHistory20th centuryCommunismEurope, CentralEurope, CentralEconomic conditions20th centuryEurope, CentralEconomic policy20th centuryEurope, CentralSocial policy20th centuryEurope, CentralPolitics and government20th centuryEqualityHistoryWomen's rightsHistoryCommunism338.9437Ramet Sabrina P.1949-472014BOOK9910737278803321East Central Europe and communism politics, culture, and society, 1943-19913554453UNINA