"Gender differences are shown to be pervasive and also to vary across other long extant and persisting dimensions of inequality such as territorial divisions of Poland, industries and branches of the economy, and city versus countryside. The volume shows features unique to Poland as well as those shared with other countries going through a similar transition from communism... the volume addresses some important questions about deep and unsettling changes..."

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Can women succeed? Is women's work appreciated equally to men's? Do women's salaries reflect the quality and quantity of work they do? Does gender make a difference? These questions, which often emerge even in democratic societies and free-market economies, are much more acute in the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe. Gender has been an issue thus far neglected in transition economies. Drawing on official statistics, an international multidisciplinary team of sociologists, economists, demographers and geographers examines how women have been affected by the labor market reforms in Poland in the transition period of the 1990s. The issues discussed include occupational segregation, the social mobility of women, demographic change, the power and participation of women in public life, women's organizations, and labor market reform.
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Gender has been an issue thus far neglected in transition economies. Drawing on official statistics, an international multidisciplinary team examines how women have been affected by the labor market reforms in Poland, in the transition period of the 1990s.
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Chapter 1 Women on the Labor Market: Poland's Second Great Transformation Mike Ingham, Hilary Ingham and Henryk Domanski Chapter 2 On the Appreciated Role of Women Anna Titkow Chapter 3 Gender and Labor Market Change: What Do the Official Statistics Show? Mike Ingham and Hilary Ingham Chapter 4 Demographic and Labor Market Developments in the 1990s Irena Kotowska Chapter 5 Social Mobility in Six East-European Nations Henryk Domanski Chapter 6 Gender and Success in Life Anna Firkowska--Mankiewicz Chapter 7 Stereotypes: Opinions of Female Entrepreneurs in Poland Irena Reszke Chapter 8 Women’s Organizations in Poland Ewa Malinowska Chapter 9 The Participation and Power of Women in Public Life Aleksandra Dukaczewska Chapter 10 Gender and Earnings: A Regional Approach Mike Ingham and Grzegorz Weclawowicz Chapter 11 Agricultural Change and the Labor Market Status of Women Krzysztof Gorlach
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9789639241138
Publisert
2001-01-09
Utgiver
Central European University Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Aldersnivå
01, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
360

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Biografisk notat

Henryk Domanski is Professor of Sociology in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology in Polish Academy of Sciences and Head of the Department of Social Structure Research and Department of Studies on Methods and Techniques of Sociological Research. Mike Ingham is Associate Director at the European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford. Hilary Ingham is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Lancaster University, UK.