Social transformation and the family in post-Communist Germany /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Eva Kolinsky.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Basingstoke :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Macmillans in association with Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1998.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xi, 237 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-232) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This book explores one of the most interesting and uncharted developments of our era: the transformation of East German society after the unification of Germany in 1990. State socialism had guaranteed employment for men and women, wages were low, housing cheap, child-care plentiful and child-benefits generous. After its collapse, former certainties turned into unknown competition in the labour market, unemployment, income differentiation and in some cases poverty. Women, single mothers, the unskilled and blue collar workers lost the employment concessions or special status they had enjoyed before and faced unexpected risks of exclusion; others relished the opportunities of occupational mobility and increased income that also arose. In post-communist Germany, family duties and employment which were deemed compatible in the GDR, have begun to conflict, yet women have retained their employment motivation and their family orientation. Arising from a programme of research workshops funded by the Anglo-German Foundation and the ESRC, Social Transformation and the Family examines key areas of post-communist transformation in Germany with special reference to the place and future of the family. The first part of the book discusses family policy agendas, the second looks at income and employment change and the challenges faced by women, the young and older people in post-communist German society.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
Text of Note
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
Palgrave Macmillan
Stock Number
265925
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Social transformation and the family in post-Communist Germany.
International Standard Book Number
0333699874
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Families-- Germany.
Family policy-- Germany.
Social change-- Germany.
Economic history.
Families.
Family policy.
Politics and government.
Social change.
Social conditions.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Germany, Economic conditions, 1990-
Germany, History, Unification, 1990.
Germany, Politics and government, 1990-
Germany, Social conditions, 1990-
Germany.
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
306
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850943
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HQ626
Book number
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S63
1998eb
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Kolinsky, Eva.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society.