Working Difference
Women's Working Lives in Hungary and Austria, 1945-1995
1st Edition
Published on 20. January 2003
220 pages
978-0-8223-8448-9 (ISBN)
Description
This manuscript compares the status of women in capitalist Austria and (post-) socialist Hungary in the period from the end of WWII to the present, focusing on women's inclusion in, and exclusion from, the labor force and political organizations.
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Éva Fodor is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College.
Content
Acknowledgments ix
1. Three Generations of Women in Central Europe 1
2. Gender Regimes in East and West 17
3. From "K und K" to "Communism versus Capitalism": The Social Worlds of Austria and Hungary 39
4. Exclusion versus Limited Inclusion 61
5. Mechanisms of Exclusion 76
6. Conditions of Inclusion: Examining State Policies in Austria and Hungary, 1945-1995 104
7. Difference at Work: A Case Study of Hungary
136
8. Convergence in the Twenty-First Century?
151
Appendix A. Data Sets, Samples, and Definition of Variables
163
Appendix B. Chronology of Legislation Targeting or Affecting Women
167
Notes 173
References 189
Index 201
1. Three Generations of Women in Central Europe 1
2. Gender Regimes in East and West 17
3. From "K und K" to "Communism versus Capitalism": The Social Worlds of Austria and Hungary 39
4. Exclusion versus Limited Inclusion 61
5. Mechanisms of Exclusion 76
6. Conditions of Inclusion: Examining State Policies in Austria and Hungary, 1945-1995 104
7. Difference at Work: A Case Study of Hungary
136
8. Convergence in the Twenty-First Century?
151
Appendix A. Data Sets, Samples, and Definition of Variables
163
Appendix B. Chronology of Legislation Targeting or Affecting Women
167
Notes 173
References 189
Index 201
