Women in Contemporary Germany: Life, Work and Politics: v. 3 (German Studies Series)

Women in Contemporary Germany: Life, Work and Politics: v. 3 (German Studies Series)

by EvaKolinsky (Author)

Synopsis

Second revised edition- Thoroughly updated and includes a new chapter on the implications of the events in 1989 for women in both East and West Germany.Having emerged in 1945 from the shackles of Nazi ideology, German women have played a major part in postwar economic and social reconstruction. The author examines issues such as women's position in the labour market since 1945; their vocational and professional training; their changing role within the family and at work; and the effects of European rulings on equal opportunities.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: Revised
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Published: 03 Mar 1993

ISBN 10: 0854968180
ISBN 13: 9780854968183
Book Overview: Also available in hardback, 9780854963911 GBP55.00 (March, 1993)

Media Reviews
'... using her wide knowledge and personal experience of the Federal Republic to great effect Professor Kolinsky [sets] women's issues in the context of a particular social and political tradition.'Times Higher Education Supplement
Author Bio
Eva Kolinsky Professor of Modern German Studies,and Director of the Centre for the Study of German Culture and Society at Keele University