Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

1. (Re)Constructing Normality in Post-Communism

2. From Opposition to Independence: Social Movements in Latvia, 1986–1991

3. Normalizing Politics and Politicizing Normality

4. Transforming Boundaries: Space, Place, and Normality

5. (Re)Constructing Gender in Post-Communism

6. Transformation and Normalization: A Conclusion to the Study

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Daina Stukuls Eglitis is Assistant Professor of Sociology at George Washington University.

Reviews

“This well-documented study is a significant contribution to t he scholarly literature on postcommunist transition and includes a useful bibliography of Latvian- and English- language sources.”—R. P. Peters Choice

“This book makes a significant, groundbreaking contribution to the study of Soviet and post-Soviet societies.”—Walter C. Clemens, Jr. Slavic Review