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Chernobyl Stories And Anthropological Shock In Hungary, Krista Harper
Chernobyl Stories And Anthropological Shock In Hungary, Krista Harper
Krista M. Harper
The Budapest Chernobyl Day commemoration generated a creative outpouring of stories about parental responsibilities, scientific knowledge, environmental risks, and public participation. I examine the stories and performances elicited by the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in April 1996. In these “Chernobyl stories,” activists criticized scientific and state paternalism while engaging in alternative practices of citizenship. The decade between the catastrophic explosion and its commemoration coincides with the development of the Hungarian environmental movement and the transformation from state socialism. Chernobyl Day 1996 consequently became an opportunity for activists to reflect upon how the meaning of citizenship and public …
Unions' Responses To Family Concerns, Naomi Gerstel, Dan Clawson
Unions' Responses To Family Concerns, Naomi Gerstel, Dan Clawson
Dan Clawson
This article explores the role of unions in regard to work/family issues, a perspective which challenges traditional work/family issues focused primarily on issues like flextime, childcare and family leave. The authors argue for the inclusion of the class component in work and family research studies and stress the importance of researchers to include the responses of unions to family concerns in their investigations. A study of unions, the authors argue, provides access to the experiences of middle-class and working class, a "diverse population not often captured in studies of work-family issues." The authors support their argument by using an analytic …
Unions’ Responses To Family Concerns, Naomi R. Gerstel, Dan Clawson
Unions’ Responses To Family Concerns, Naomi R. Gerstel, Dan Clawson
Naomi R. Gerstel
This article explores the role of unions in regard to work/family issues, a perspective which challenges traditional work/family issues focused primarily on issues like flextime, childcare and family leave. The authors argue for the inclusion of the class component in work and family research studies and stress the importance of researchers to include the responses of unions to family concerns in their investigations. A study of unions, the authors argue, provides access to the experiences of middle-class and working class, a "diverse population not often captured in studies of work-family issues." The authors support their argument by using an analytic …