Lexington Books
Pages: 252
Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-0-7391-7404-3 • Hardback • August 2012 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
978-0-7391-7405-0 • eBook • July 2012 • $109.00 • (£84.00)
Maureen P. Flaherty is assistant professor in Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) at the Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice, University of Manitoba, Canada.
Chapter 1. Study Context: Ukraine
Chapter 2. Gender, Empowerment and Social Change: Women Hold Up Half the Sky
Chapter 3. Finding Our Voices: Narrating Our Lives
Chapter 4. Telling Stories, Sharing Visions
Chapter 5. Uncovering Stories beneath the Snow: January/February 2011
Chapter 6. Return to Ukraine: July 2010
Chapter 7. Reviewing the Process: What Has This Got to Do with Peacebuilding?
Chapter 8. Peacebuilding Informed by Women’s Work in Ukraine
This is a significant work that relates the process of creating peace in the midst of difficult international and political tensions. Scholars and activists concerned with social action, social justice, and women’s issues on a global scale will find in this work not only an engaging story, but also a model that can shape future projects aimed at building bridges across great divides. This is a model study of emancipatory change that provides important insight into not only the challenges of such work, but also the possibilities for nurturing hope and real social change toward human liberation and justice.
— Peggy Chinn, University of Connecticut
Flaherty's research and paradigm study of Ukraine's women, with their hopes and aspirations for peace building and civil society, reveal a most creative force for change in contemporary Ukraine.
— Roman Yereniuk, University of Manitoba
This book opens the door into the life stories of Ukrainian women from two different regions, whose gripping and colorful narratives weave a rich tapestry of adaptation, resiliency, and humor that sustained them during war, communism, perestroika, and the transition to independence. Using methodologies that allow for deep and trustful story-sharing, Dr.Flaherty draws gendered insights into the peacebuilding resources found in these women's commitments to their family, communities, and forging of a new civic identity.
— Janie Leatherman, Fairfield University