TY  - BOOK
AU  - Suwada, Katarzyna
AB  - The open access book provides a critical account of parenthood in Polish society. It uses a qualitative perspective to show how mothers and fathers engage with parenthood and also function in the labour market. Parenting in contemporary Poland is not only affected by individual preferences and choices, but significantly by the institutional context, in particular the family policy system, as well as socio-cultural norms of how men and women should fulfill parental roles. The author distinguishes between different kinds of work done in connection to parenthood and shows how the existing institutional system reinforces gender and other forms of social inequalities even in a post-communist state like Poland. The author demonstrates that Polish society has different expectations and institutional norms related to work and gender norms compared to those in long-standing democracies in Europe and elsewhere. The book also shows that the experiences of parenthood in Poland are different between men and women, between single and coupled parents, and based on economic and other resources. This book is of interest to social science students and researchers of family studies, parenting, sociology of work, and social structure in post-communist societies.
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-030-66303-2
ID  - OAPEN ID: ONIX_20210113_9783030663032_15
ID  - OAPEN ID: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46109
ID  - OAPEN ID: 51299
KW  - Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging
KW  - Gender Studies
KW  - Sociology of Work
KW  - Social Theory
KW  - Family policy
KW  - Gender roles
KW  - Parenthood in Polish society
KW  - Family life in Poland
KW  - Gender inequalities
KW  - Domestic work
KW  - Paid work
KW  - Social Policies
KW  - open access
KW  - Sociology: family & relationships
KW  - Gender studies, gender groups
KW  - Sociology: work & labour
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46109/1/2021_Book_ParentingAndWorkInPoland.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32820
PB  - Springer Nature
PY  - 2021
TI  - Parenting and Work in Poland : A Gender Studies Perspective
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