State-of-the art report: The new roles of men and women and implications for families and societies

Autor(en)

Rudolf Richter, Livia Oláh, Irena Kotowska

Abstrakt

Abstract:
This report presents the main research findings relevant to the research in Work Package 3: “The new roles of men and women and implications for families and societies”. It first depicts the development of family forms in Europe, with a focus on the de-standardization of the family life course and the interplay between the changes in family forms and in gender roles. It proceeds to describe the relationship between women’s and men’s new roles and family dynamics, and the implications of the changes in gender structures on the transition to parenthood. This is followed by two chapters which focus on the implications of these changes on intra-family organization, namely on changes in gender roles in doing family and on coping strategies of families under conditions of uncertainty and precariousness. Each chapter provides an overview over the main theoretical approaches, complemented by a review of the main empirical findings. Each chapter thus identifies the theoretical and empirical knowledge gaps and research needs essential for WP3. The report concludes with a summary of the research conducted in the work package and its relation to well-being in families.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Soziologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Stockholm University, Warsaw School of Economics

Anzahl der Seiten

59

Publikationsdatum

2014

ÖFOS 2012

504006 Demographie, 504011 Familienforschung

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/a0d16100-ee7a-4eea-8f82-05bdac9a23b7