The politics of morality : the church, the state, and reproductive rights in postsocialist Poland /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mishtal, Joanna (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2015]
Series:	Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series.
Subjects:	Women > Political activity > Poland. Women's rights > Poland. Church and state > Poland. Catholic Church > Political activity > Poland. Reproductive rights > Poland. Abortion > Poland. Poland > Politics and government > 1989- Catholic Church. Abortion. Church and state. Political participation. Politics and government. Reproductive rights. Women > Political activity. Women's rights. Poland. Since 1989

Table of Contents:

Introduction: women's rights and democratization: the Polish paradox
"The church was helping us win freedom": democratic transition and the return of God
Restricting access to reproductive services: religious power and moral governance
Women respond: feminist consciousness-raising and activism
Confessions, Kolda rituals, and other surveillance
Abortion, Polish style
The "dying nation" and the postsocialist logics of declining motherhood
Conclusion: the future of women's rights in Poland.