Rethinking gender, work and care in a new Europe : theorising markets and societies in the post-postsocialist era /: theorising markets and societies in the post-postsocialist era. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Triin Roosalu, Associate Professor, Tallinn University, Estonia, Dirk Hofäcker, Professor of Quantitative Methods of Social Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
• Editors: Roosalu, Triin, 1976-; Hofäcker, Dirk
• Contents: INTRODUCTION TO ANALYSIS OF POSTSOCIALIST LABOUR MARKETS1. Investigating Women's De-Labouring in Post-Socialist European Labour Markets: Research Agenda and Theoretical Challenges; Triin Roosalu; Dirk Hofäcker PART I: FAMILY POLICIES, NORMS AND DISCOURSES2. Family policies in post-socialist welfare states: Where are they located in the European worlds of welfare?; Sonja Blum 3. Experts' argumenting for paternity leave: social democratic and post-socialist frames compared; Triin Roosalu; Marion Pajumets; Leeni Hansson 4. Low second birth rates in Eastern and Southern Europe: interactions between economic uncertainty and norms about parenthood; Jan Van Bavel and Joanna Ró?a?ska-PutekPART II: PARTICIPATION IN THE LABOUR MARKET5. Female Employment in Europe; Ursula Bazant6. Paths and barriers to the labour market: a comparative view of working and homemaking young adult women in Hungary and Romania; Réka Geamba?u7. Parental employment patterns in the Czech Republic: economic rationality or cultural norm?; Lenka Formánková, Blanka Plasová and Ji?í Vyhlídal 8. Gender segregation in post socialist Slovenia: women's experiences in the retail sector; Tatiana Bajuk Sen?ar PART III: COMBINING PARENTHOOD AND PAID WORK9. Maternal Employment in Post-socialist Countries: Understanding the Implications of Childcare Policies; Jana Javornik10. Habits or Frames? – Explaining Patterns in the Division of Paid and Unpaid Work in Germany, Bulgaria, France and Hungary; Jan Rasmus Riebling; Rumiana Stoilova; Dirk Hofäcker11. Childbearing behaviours of employed women in Italy and Poland; Anna Matysiak and Daniele Vignoli12. Maternity Leave – once a Bargain, always a Bargain? Impact of Care Breaks on Mothers' Occupational Mobility: The Case of Estonia; Triin Roosalu; Kadri Täht PART IV: OCCUPATIONAL AND SOCIAL MOBILITY13. Gender Earnings Inequality in Central and Eastern European Countries: The Case of Dual-Earner Couples; Martina Mysíková14. Gender gaps in participation in adult learning: Estonia compared to other European countries; Eve-Liis Roosmaa; Kadri Aavik 15. Differentiated educational pathways and gender inequalities in the Estonian labour market: what is the impact of the systemic change?; Ellu Saar; Jelena Helemäe 16. Polish women for gender equality: leaders of women's movements on problems of female employees; S?awomira Kami?ska-Berezowska.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (XXVII, 384 pages)
• Subjects: 331.4094; Social sciences; Science; Post-communism -- Europe; Industrial sociology; Sociology; Social policy; Political economy; Social sciences_xMethodology; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations; Science; Economic history; Post-communism; Social conditions; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Political Science -- Economic Conditions; Social Science -- Methodology; Social Science -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family; Gender studies, gender groups; Central government policies; Political economy; Social research & statistics; Sociology: family & relationships; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Sociology: work & labour; Europe -- Economic conditions -- 1989-; Europe -- Social conditions -- 1989-; Europe; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137371096; 1137371099
• Related ISBNs: 9781137371089; 1137371080
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