Review of Sociology
Volume/Issue:
Volume 12: Issue 2
Changing Family - Changing Policies?
Authors:
Mária NEMÉNYI Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1054 Budapest, Úri u. 49.
Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1014 Budapest, Úri u. 49

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Judit TAKÁCS Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1054 Budapest, Úri u. 49.
Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1014 Budapest, Úri u. 49

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Pages:
37–63
Online Publication Date:
24 Jan 2007
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2006
Article Category:
Journal Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/revsoc.12.2006.2.2
Keywords:
family; family life; labor market policies; family policies
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This article presents the findings of a qualitative research project which aimed to map out the political evaluations and the social effects of the changing concept of family and the changing forms of family life. By interviewing political and economic decision-makers we intended to highlight the goals and the motives of the differenct family policy approaches, the characteristic features of the family concepts reflected by the policy-makers' decisions, as well as the relationship between state family policies and labor market policies on the one hand, and equal treatment expectations concerning both genders, on the other. On the basis of interviews conducted with ordinary people we examined how much people's lives are practically infuenced by the family policy measures introduced by the political and the economic decision makers. According to our findings the two different categories of respondents saw specific family policy issues in different ways - however, their interpretations of family policy as a whole were rather convergent. The importance of providing equality of opportunity for men and women, increasing the female employment rate, acknowledging the plurality of family lifestyles, reconciling work and family life - being European expectations as well as conditions of a worthy life - seemed to be overshadowed by the demographic issues of fertility and procreation.

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Review of Sociology
Print ISSN:
1417-8648
Online ISSN:
1588-2845

Review of Sociology
Language English
Year of
Foundation		 2000
Publication
Programme		 ceased
Founder A Magyar Szociológiai Társaság -- Hungarian Sociological Association
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Address		 H-1097 Budapest, Hungary Tóth Kálmán u.4.
Publisher Akadémiai Kiadó
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Address		 H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
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Publisher		 Chief Executive Officer, Akadémiai Kiadó
ISSN 1417-8648 (Print)
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