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31 Gender regimes in Central and Eastern Europe TWO Gender regimes in Central and Eastern Europe Introduction How can we best understand the differences and similarities between welfare states, in particular the gender assumptions of governments and households? There is a wealth of literature on the question of how to compare welfare states and how to compare gender regimes as an aspect of welfare states, but little that deals directly with Central Europe and less with the impact on gender in these countries. The enlargement of the European Union in 2004 is
367 European Journal of Gender and Politics • vol 1 • no 3 • 367–85 © European Conference on Politics and Gender and Bristol University Press 2018 Print ISSN 2515 1088 • Online ISSN 2515 1096 https://doi.org/10.1332/251510818X15311219732356 Special Issue: Contemporary Crises in European Politics: Gender Equality+ Under Threat RESEARCH Reversing gender policy progress: patterns of backsliding in Central and Eastern European new democracies Conny Roggeband, c.m.roggeband@uva.nl University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Andrea Krizsán, krizsana
Understanding of welfare states has been much enriched by comparative work on welfare regimes and gender. This book uses these debates to illuminate the changing gender regimes in countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It has particular significance as countries in the region make the transition from communism and into a European Union that has issues of women’s employment, work-life balance, and gender equality at the heart of its social policy.
The analysis draws on quantitative comparative data, and on rich qualitative data from a new study of mothers in Polish households, illuminating the effects of changing welfare and gender relations from the perspective of those most directly affected - mothers of young children.
This book is an important addition to the literature and is recommended to academics and students interested in the study of gender relations, welfare states, and international and comparative European social policy. The insights gained will also be of value to those engaged in welfare policy and practice.
267 THIRTEEN Poverty in Hungary and in Central and Eastern Europe Zsuzsa Ferge Poverty provokes many questions and interpretations. But this is not the place for a debate about definitions of poverty, whether absolute or relative, objective or subjective, one-dimensional or multi-dimensional, and so forth. Whatever the precise definition, it is incontestable that some form of poverty has always existed in Central and Eastern Europe, even when the central powers have zealously denied it. Many forms of poverty have increased since the ‘transition’. The new and
251 TWELVE Poverty and the poor in Central and Eastern Europe Ludmila Dziewiecka-Bokun Poverty is a highly political matter in most regions and nations, but in no region is it as highly politicised as in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This is largely due to its long and politically determined history. In a majority of those countries, during the communist regime, the political authorities declared poverty dead; in some, poverty was considered temporary and exceptional. Consequently, poverty was not a subject of scientific investigation, and public
227 THIRTEEN Social solidarity, human rights and Roma: unequal access to basic resources in Central and Eastern Europe Richard Filčák and Daniel Škobla Introduction Inhabitants regularly, especially in the summer time, suffer from lack of water and they usually travel to the cooperative farm for water, carrying it back to their houses. This is labor usually performed by women and children. They often take water from streams in the forest, which is of doubtful quality, especially after the rains when the streams contain mud and the water is of yellow or
35 TWO Two Labour markets in Central and Eastern Europe Michael Gebel This chapter aims to identify key labour market patterns in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries that have emerged during the transition from state socialism to a market economy and integration into the European Union (EU). Labour market developments can be interpreted as the outcome of interactions between general economic developments and the evolution of specific labour market institutions (Riboud et al, 2002). Both aspects have changed dramatically over the past two
7 ONE One Education systems of Central and Eastern European countries Irena Kogan Education is a crucial determinant of individual life chances and the main predictor of young people’s labour market outcomes. The individual endowment of education resources is certainly shaped by the institutional structure of education and training systems. The aim of this chapter is to discuss the main contours of the education systems in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries and to shed light on the options offered within countries’ education systems that
63 THREE ThreeSocial protection, inequality and labour market risks in Central and Eastern Europe Clemens Noelke Following the collapse of socialism, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have undergone substantial changes (Elster et al, 1998; Kornai, 2006). They have adopted the institutions of capitalist democracies, while simultaneously developing the socio-political infrastructure to render capitalism and democracy functional. Additionally, they have had to come to terms with massive economic and demographic crises. Improving
