Family, Women, and Employment in Central-Eastern Europe
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- ISBN 9780313294020
- Publication Date: 14 Nov 1995
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
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.
