Publications of Pető, A.
Book Review: Daphne Berdahl; et al.: Altering States: Ethnographies of Transition in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Altering States: Ethnographies of Transition in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union by Daphne Berdahl; Matti Bunzl; Martha Lampland; Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
Book Review: Asher Cohen, A haluc ellenállás Magyarországon 1942-1945
A Haluc ellenállás Magyarországon 1942-1944, Balassi Kiadó, 2002, ISBN: 9635064716
Cultures of Populism and the Political Right in Central Europe
In their paper, "Cultures of Populism and the Political Right in Central Europe," Patricia Chiantera-Stutte and Andrea Petö analyze the common points and differences in which imagined and mythologized histories are serving as a mobilizing force for extreme-right movements in three Central European countries, in Austria, Hungary, and Italy. The authors discuss how populist and right-wing political parties in these countries construct their conceptions of an alternative identity for the European Union. Further, the authors analyze the politico-territorial myths constructed by the three populist right-wing parties, the Freedom Party in Austria, the Northern League in Italy, and the Party of Hungarian Life and Truth. The programs of the three parties assert the equasion of the German concept of Volk with territory: the Freedom Party propagates a particular concept of Central Europe (Mitteleuropa), the Northern League of Padania assumes to be the true "nation" of the reagion, and the Party of Hungarian Life and Truth builds on imagined and mythologized concepts of an ancient Hungary with a homogeneous society and culture. The authors analyze the construction of essentialist identities based on imagined historical communities and on the exclusion of the Other where anti-Semitism is a driving factor represent a sceptical ideology evident in the discourse of the said parties.
Familienpolitische Maßnahmen in Österreich, Bulgarien und Ungarn
Family policies in Austria, Bulgaria and Hungary – when viewed against the background of their different socioeconomic framework conditions – are based on concepts that are primarily geared to the family as a unity and not to the individual person. These concepts assign individual family members to different societal positions, contribute to a conservative restoration of the roles of women and men, and stabilize traditional gender hierarchies. Social spending cuts and the privatisation of services are even more precarious in the transformation countries, which are additionally burdened with the economic and social costs of system change, than in Austria. In none of the three countries, though, the social and family policy prerequisites for reconciling job and family obligations are satisfactorily fulfilled. An insufficient supply of public child care facilities is an important structural obstacle in this regard. A familialisation of women, in association with an idealisation of the mother role and private child care, tends to be one of the consequences. It should be noted that experiences from various countries show that it is not the amount of transfer benefits, but the opportunity for women to earn their own income in combination with a qualified public child care scheme and partnership-based family models that account for higher birth rates. Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria are still far away from any such solutions as formulated in Scandinavian family and social policy concepts.
A Missing Piece? How Hungarian Women in the Communist Nomenklatura are not Remembering
Focuses on Hungarian communist women's political self-consciousness. Historical culture of the communist movement; Women's political activities; Democratization process. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
Book Review: Daphne Berdahl: Altering states : ethnographies of transition in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Berdahl, D., Bunzl, M., & Lampland, M. (2000). Altering states: Ethnographies of transition in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Book Review: No fruit salad ... but golems and guerillas: Giovanna Covi:Critical studies on the feminist subject
Covi, G. (1997). Critical studies on the feminist subject. Trento: Dipartimento di scienze filologiche e storiche.
Book Review: Time out to Breathe: Ute Gerhard: Atempause : Feminismus als demokratisches Projekt
Gerhard, U. (1999). Atempause: Feminismus als demokratisches Projekt. Frau in der Gesellschaft. Frankfurt: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag.
Book Review: Rosalind Marsh: Women in Russia and Ukraine /Mary Buckley: Post-Soviet Women: from the Baltic to Central Asia
Rosalind Marsh (ed.), Women in Russia and Ukraine (Cambridge University Press,Cambridge, 1998), pp. xvi + 350, £55 and £19.95. ISBN 0 521 49522 9 (hb)and 0 521 49872 4 (pb).Mary Buckley (ed.), Post-Soviet Women: from the Baltic to Central Asia (CambridgeUniversity Press, Cambridge, 1997), pp. xiv + 316, £50 and £16.95. ISBN0 521 56320 8 (hb) and 521 56330 8 (pb).
Book Review: David Cesarani: Genocide and rescue : the Holocaust in Hungary 1944
Cesarani, D. (1997). Genocide and rescue: The Holocaust in Hungary 1944. Oxford: Berg.
Book Review: Stephen Kotkin: Magnetic mountain : Stalinism as a civilization
Kotkin, S. (1995). Magnetic mountain: Stalinism as a civilization. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Hanák Péter – a város polgára
A válogatás egy Hanák Péterrel készített interjúval kezdődik, amelyben kutatási témairól is vall a rá olyan jellemző szenvedélyes, személyes stílusban. A két fejezeten belül a szövegek időrendben szerepelnek, kivéve, ha egyes korábbi tanulmányok részeit évekkel később bővebben is kifejtette, ahogy például a polgári lakáskultúráról írott tanulmányát négy évvel később követi az Erzsébet körúti bérházról szóló esettanulmány. Hanák Péter életműve koncentrikus, egymás melletti és egymással átfedésben álló körökből áll. A századforduló kultúrájáról írt tanulmányai csak mesterségesen lennének elválaszthatók mindattól, amit például az identitás problémáiról írt. A válogatásnál az egyes kutatási témák időbeli fejlődésének érzékeltetésén túl szempont volt a műfaji sokszínűség bemutatása is. Hanák Péternek a hetvenes években és a nyolcvanas évek elején az Élet és Irodalom-ban megjelent publicisztikái élvezetes olvasmányok, és eddig együtt még nem jelentek meg. A hagyatékban szereplő eddig kiadatlan kézirat is bekerült a válogatásba. Az egyes fejezetekben szereplő válogatás darabjai között találhatunk a monografikus igénnyel megírt művek mellett kisebb tanulmányokat, esszéket, sőt rádióinterjúk átiratait is.
Book Review: Margit Feischmidt, Enikő Magyari-Vincze, Violetta Zentai (eds.): Women and Men in East European Transition
Feischmidt, M., Magyari-Vincze, E., & Zentai, V. (1997). Women and men in East European transition: Summer School, Cluj, July 23-28, 1996. Cultural analysis series, 3. Cluj-Napoca: Editura Fundaţiei pentru Studii Europene.
Book review: Jane Slaughter: Women and the Italian resistance, 1943-45
Jane Slaughter. Women and the Italian Resistance, 1943-45. Denver, Colo.: Arden Press, 1997. 171 pp. $22.50 (paper), ISBN 978-0-912869-14-8; $32.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-912869-13-1
Book Review: Yuki Tanaka: Hidden horrors : Japanese war crimes in World War II
Tanaka, Y. (1998). Hidden horrors: Japanese war crimes in World War II. Transitions--Asia and Asian America. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press.
Book Review: László Kósa: Szabadon szolgál a szellem : Tanulmányok és dokumentumok a száz esztendeje alapított Eötvös József Collegium történetéből 1895-1995
Kósa, L. (1995). Szabadon szolgál a szellem : Tanulmányok és dokumentumok a száz esztendeje alapított Eötvös József Collegium történetéből 1895-1995. Budapest: Gift Kft.
Book Review: Beáta Nagy: Szerep és alkotás : női szerepek a társadalomban és az alkotóművészetben
Nagy, B., & Sárdi, M. S. (1997). Szerep és alkotás: Női szerepek a társadalomban és az alkotóművészetben. Debrecen: Csokonai Kiadó.
Book Review: Jane Lewis: Women in Britain since 1945 : women, family, work, and the state in the post-war years
Lewis, J. (1992). Women in Britain since 1945: Women, family, work, and the state in the post-war years. Making contemporary Britain. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
Book Review: Karen M. Offen: Writing women's history : international perspectives
Offen, K. M., Pierson, R. R., & Rendall, J. (1991). Writing women's history: International perspectives. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Book Review: Stephen Kotkin: Steeltown, USSR : Soviet society in the Gorbachev era
Kotkin, S. (1991). Steeltown, USSR: Soviet society in the Gorbachev era. Berkeley: University of California Press.