LEADER 02956nam 2200421z- 450 001 9910737278803321 005 20230912175204.0 010 $a1-00-331151-2 010 $a1-000-87708-6 010 $a1-003-31151-2 035 $a(CKB)5680000000302831 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7245509 035 $a(EXLCZ)995680000000302831 100 $a20230329c2023uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 10$aEast Central Europe and communism politics, culture, and society, 1943-1991 /$fSabrina P. Ramet 210 $cRoutledge 311 $a1-03-231818-X 327 $aCommunism'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. 330 $a"The communists of East Central Europe came to power promising to bring about genuine equality, paying special attention to achieving gender equality, to build up industry and create prosperous societies, and to use music, art, and literature to promote socialist ideals. Instead, they never succeeded in filling more than a third of their legislatures with women and were unable to make significant headway against entrenched patriarchal views; they considered it necessary (with the sole exception of Albania) to rely heavily on credits to build up their economies, eventually driving them into bankruptcy; and the effort to instrumentalize the arts ran aground in most of the region already by 1956, and, in Yugoslavia, by 1949. Communism was all about planning, control, and politicization. Except for Yugoslavia after 1949, the communists sought to plan and control not only politics and the economy, but also the media and information, religious organizations, culture, and the promotion of women, which they understood in the first place as involving putting women to work. Inspired by the groundbreaking work of Robert K. Merton on functionalist theory, this book shows how communist policies were repeatedly undermined by unintended consequences and outright dysfunctions"--$cProvided by publisher. 517 $aEast Central Europe and Communism 606 $aEquality$zEurope, Central$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWomen's rights$zEurope, Central$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCommunism$zEurope, Central 607 $aEurope, Central$xEconomic conditions$y20th century 607 $aEurope, Central$xEconomic policy$y20th century 607 $aEurope, Central$xSocial policy$y20th century 607 $aEurope, Central$xPolitics and government$y20th century 615 0$aEquality$xHistory 615 0$aWomen's rights$xHistory 615 0$aCommunism 676 $a338.9437 700 $aRamet$b Sabrina P.$f1949-$0472014 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910737278803321 996 $aEast Central Europe and communism politics, culture, and society, 1943-1991$93554453 997 $aUNINA