Gender Relations, Education and Social Change in Poland

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12232192
AutoresPeggy Watson (University of Cambridge, autor de correspondencia)
Año1992
Volumen4
Número1-2
Páginas127-147
Fecha de publicación1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGender and Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0954-0253 • E-ISSN: 1360-0516
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0954025920040109
OpenAlexW2115670768
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas18

The significance of patterns of gender inequality in education in Poland cannot be adequately grasped without a wider understanding of the specific nature of gender relations under State socialism. The present article approaches this problem by posing a fundamental question: how is it possible to reconcile what is known concerning gender inequalities and the sexual division of labour in Poland with the documented absence of feminist awareness in that country? The answer is sought in terms of the specific ways in which the public and private domains exist under State socialism. The analysis provides an interpretation of social transition in Poland, arguing that this fundamentally entails a shift in the nature of patriarchy. The conclusion is that the lived experience of a ‘civil society’ and the revaluation of gender identity this brings, is prerequisite if sexist thinking and practice is to be perceived as such and challenged—in education as in other areas of social life

Gender relations · Political science · Social change · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Social Policy and Reform Studies