Care in Crisis: Attitudes and Practices of Care in Central and Eastern Europe in the 21st Century (EBOOK)

The collected texts – written primarily by scholars from Bulgaria, as well as from Poland – examine care as a key ethical, social, legal, and cultural category. Their point of departure is the context of contemporary crises: the war in Ukraine, migration, social inequality, and disputes over human rights. The authors explore the concept of care not only in legal and institutional terms but also through its representations in language, literature, and folklore – revealing the tensions and cultural imaginaries surrounding it.

The publication is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (full license available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode).

Keywords: care, ethics of care, human rights, Central Europe, Eastern Europe.

Bilyana Kourtasheva, https://orcid.org/
Contested care. A few literary cases from Symbolism to dystopia, from the Grey Companion and the Angel in the House to the Android Governess
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323568728.pp.33-40

Deyana Marcheva, https://orcid.org/
Deficiencies and gaps in the concept and system of care in Bulgarian public law
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323568728.pp.53-68

Andreana Eftimova, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9232-7243
Gender asymmetry in the lexical representation of health care professions in Bulgarian and Polish
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323568728.pp.21-32

Ekaterina Todorova, https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8619-4531
Inclusive education of students with special educational needs at the New Bulgarian University
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323568728.pp.79-86

Silvia Tsoneva, https://orcid.org/
The duty of care as a tool to keep tort liability under control
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323568728.pp.69-78

Valeri Vachev, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6778-0900
The humanitarian crisis on the Polish–Belarusian border and the protection of migrants’ rights
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323568728.pp.87-98

Iliana Genew-Puhalewa, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1780-166X
The language of care in EU legislation on the war in Ukraine (based on Polish, Bulgarian, Greek, and English materials)
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323568728.pp.11-20

Grażyna Szwat-Gyłybow, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3930-2084
Trapped by care. Some thoughts based on Maria Stankova’s drama The dead head spoke to me (Мъртвата глава ми проговори)
https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323568728.pp.41-52