Women in Contemporary Germany: Life, Work and Politics

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Women in Contemporary Germany: Life, Work and Politics
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Eva Kolinsky
SeriesGerman Studies Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9780854968183
ClassificationsDewey:305.40943
Audience
General
Illustrations tables, bibliography, index, appendices

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Berg Publishers
Publication Date 3 March 1993
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Eva Kolinsky Professor of Modern German Studies,and Director of the Centre for the Study of German Culture and Society at Keele University

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