Download or read book Gender, Equality and Difference During And After State Socialism written by Rebecca Kay and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2007-10-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines gender as a socially and culturally constructed phenomenon which is influential in and influenced by state-led policies and structures, as well as social practices and relations and which shapes the experiences and lives of women and men. This book explores the pivotal nature of the demise of the communist regimes.