This article uses childcare as a case study to test the impact of ideas that embody a
traditional understanding of gender relations in relation to childcare. Conservative ideas …

This paper explores the perception of female and male roles in three Central and Eastern
European countries, using mainly qualitative analysis. The aim is to map the attitudinal …

Even if protecting the traditional family structure has been a permanent feature of political
debates in Turkey, the family has become the target of public policies immediately after the …

This chapter takes a feminist institutionalist (FI) approach to understanding post-communist
family policy. It argues that in order to look at family policies from a feminist perspective, it is …

CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENTS TYPICALLY PROMOTE traditional power structures
between women and men and traditional roles for women both at home and in the market …

In this research we study support for traditional female roles. We test individual and
contextual explanations for differences in support for traditional female roles within and …

The experience of Western industrialized societies tends to support the assertion that female
labor force participation is highly correlated with fertility decline. Evidence from the …

Through the use of a historical-institutional perspective and with particular reference to the
Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia; this study explores the state of family …

This paper discusses changes and new directions in the gendered nature of the welfare
state in three post-state socialist societies: Hungary, Poland and Romania. Relying on an …

Despite significant structural and social change, the share of women working or seeking
jobs in Turkey has declined. This paper focuses on the role of social conservatism as a …