Family, Women, and Employment in Central-Eastern Europe

by Barbara Lobodzinska

Overview

This book is the result of a survey conducted among experts on the problems faced by families and women in Central-Eastern Europe. The 16 contributors discuss such issues as: current trends in family and women's predicaments; the similarities and differences between conditions in Central-Eastern European countries; changes in urban and rural family structure; women's educational level; married women's employment; women's political participation. Each contributor evaluates the chances for equal rights and opportunities for men and women, and indicates trends in social policy concerning the family and working women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313294020
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/14/1995
Series:	Controversies in Science , #11
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Barbara Lobodzinska, a sociologist, was born and educated in Poland and received a PhD from Warsaw University. Her areas of interest include sociology of marriage and family and women's issues. She has researched and lectured at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw University, the Medical Academy in Poland, and the University of Minnesota in the United States. Lobodzinska's research on marriage, family, and working women has resulted in several books and over 80 articles published in Poland and the United States.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Overview
The Family and Working Women during and after Socialist Industrialization and Ideology by Barbara /Lobodzi'nska
Bulgaria
Women in Bulgaria by Bistra Anachkova
Czech Republic and Slovakia
Women and Family—the Czech Version of Development and Chances for Improvement by Marie 'Cermakova
Women's Equality, Work, and Family in the Czech Republic by Alena Heitlinger
Germany (The Former German Democratic Republic)
East German Women—Chief Losers in German Unification by Hanna Behrend
The Family in the German Democratic Republic from a Western Point of View by Barbara Ketelhut
Hungary
The Position of Hungarian Women in the Process of Regime Change by Katalin Koncz
Lithuania
Women and Family in Lithuania by Irena Juozeliuniene and Vida Kanopiene
Poland
The Impact of Socioeconomic Restructuring on Polish Women by Anna M. Zajicek and Toni M. Calasanti
Women and Families in Poland: Pressing Problems and Possible Solutions by Jill M. Bystydzienski
Romania
Participation of Women in the Workforce: The Case of Romania by Doina Pasca Harsanyi
Former Yugoslavia
Re-domestication of Women and Democratization in Postsocialist Slovenia by Maca Jogan
Women and Work in the Former Yugoslavia and Their Present Situation by Andjelka Milic
Women, Work, and Family in Former Yugoslavia by Joy B. Reeves
Conclusion
Equal Opportunities: Obstacles and Remedies by Barbara /Lobodzi'nska
Appendix
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

This collection of essays is one of the first to attempt a systematic and statistically grounded examination of the situation of women and the family in the postsocialist states of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the former German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and former Yugoslavia.” —Choice

“[A] fine and intelligent, skillfully structured volume. . . . [T]his book makes for useful reading for all those who are interested in the current situation of Central-Eastern European countries.” —International Review of Sociology

“Despite the different points of view resulted from the contributors' different life expereinces, and dissimilar professional training, it is to the merit of Barbara Lobodzinsk to supply the readers with a fine and intelligent, skillfully structured volume. Her initial overview, together with her introductory notes to each national case-study, and her concluding remarks, are most helpful in understanding the factors influencing the curent changes inside and outside the family. To sum up. her book makes for useful reading for all those who are interested in the current situation of Central-Eastern European countries.” —International Review of Sociology

From the Publisher

Contributors from Eastern Europe and the West look at women's issues and employment in eight Eastern and Central European countries-- including Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania-- since 1989. They focus on legislation, political participation, social and family services, employment, and changing attitudes, and report on conflicts in women's roles, gender-related division of labor, and employment discrimination. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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