DEMOCRATIZATION THROUGH SOCIAL ACTIVISM. Gender and Environmental Issues in Post-communist Societies

Women’s rights are not gifts, neither environmental justice. They are the result of solidarity among individuals and organizations turned into public actions and social movements. Central and Eastern Europe are relevant new comers of the last two decades and a half in the efforts to build a just society for women and men, for the future generations, as well as a bearable world for other beings.

The scholars who are writing in this volume are young and they care. Their life and their intellectual and civic experience coincide with the rebirth of the democratic citizenship.

The authors are offering us not just significant findings and critiques concerning the new social movements in their countries, but also a solid inspiration for the future developments of women’s and environmental movements.