Coping with Chaos: Gender and Politics in a Fragmented State

@article{Hrycak2005CopingWC,
  title={Coping with Chaos: Gender and Politics in a Fragmented State},
  author={Alexandra Hrycak},
  journal={Problems of Post-Communism},
  year={2005},
  volume={52},
  pages={69 - 81}
}
The Kuchma regime used a divide-and-conquer approach to groups and individuals demanding gender equality. 
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