Renata Siemienska
Biographic Data
| ID | 101771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Renata Siemienska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Renata |
| FAMILY NAME | Siemienska |
| SIGNATURE | SIEMIENSKA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Gender, Work, and Family
Women's participation in activities in the public sphere is accompanied by much slower changes in the private sphere in all countries with different histories and different welfare regimes. Gender inequality persists in both spheres, although increasing levels of education, especially for women, are a factor stimulating changes in both spheres. The creation of conditions for alternative choices between employment and household work as well as bet…
Self-Reliance and Self-Sufficiency of Polish Families and the Role of Social Networks
The communist system in place in Poland for over forty years contributed to the persistence of the traditional family model, yet it also forced society to adapt to new conditions brought about by women's entrance into the workplace. Their "automatic" acquisition of certain rights and so-called privileges, as propaganda described them, in the context of the responsibilities with which women were burdened, cemented gender inequality in conditions w…
Guest Editor's Introduction: Value Systems and Social Roles in Cross-National Perspective
Gender, Family, and Work: The Case of Poland in Cross-National Perspective
The situations of men and women in the labor market in particular countries strongly differ from one another. The differences are loosely related to attitudes concerning work, family life, and gender. This article characterizes Polish social politics and society as a mosaic of traditional and nontraditional values, expectations, and behaviors when it comes to family and work. One of the basic questions is whether new lines of conflict and new sph…
Winners and Losers: Gender Contracts in the New Political and Economic Situation
This article presents an analysis of trends in the new conceptualization of women's and men's roles and their behaviors in the public and private spheres in transforming Polish society, and the factors determining these trends. Certain social groups pay a particularly high price. These include the elderly as well as a large portion of women and youth just entering the labor market. In the 1990s the postulated model of the woman and her place in P…
Women and Men in Political and Business Elites: A Comparative Study in the Industrialized World
This analysis examines the demographic characteristics, family circumstances and career paths of a group of elite women. Drawing on a sample of 27 countries, a picture is constructed that informs readers of career paths, values, social networks and gender battles for women elites
Values
The purpose of this chapter is to analyse the structure of opinions and attitudes of elites towards gender inequality within several groups of countries, taking into account their macro-structural conditions as well as individual satisfaction with the job performed by the members of the studied elites. Countries are clustered in two ways. The first uses the author's earlier analysis and is multi-dimensional. The second uses Huntington's clusterin…
Intergenerational Differences in Political Values and Attitudes in Stable and New Democracies
The examination of the intergenerational differences in two groups of democratic countries (traditional democratic countries and countries that began to establish democratic systems a little more than 10 years ago, when communist systems were overthrown in Central and Eastern Europe) shows growing similarities in attitudes and behaviors among young generations. The process is a consequence of cultural and economic globalization that encourages pr…
Women and Men in the Project of Reform: A Study of Gender Differences among Local Officials in Two Provinces in Poland
Are there politically relevant differences between female and male local government officials in postcommunist Poland? In structured interviews with 485 local officials in two provinces, the authors explored differences in terms of ethical reasoning and attitudes toward anomalous groups. Women more strongly favored a model of ethical reasoning characterized by a concern for abstract principles of social cooperation than did their male counterpart…
Élites and women in democratizing post‐communist societies
Ethical Reasoning in a Time of Revolution: A Study of Local Officials in Poland
Poland's transition from communism to democracy was marked by rhetoric that expressed democratic principles as the basis for organizing political life. Given the fundamentally moral message of the radical transformation throughout Eastern Europe, we would expect officials assuming office in these times to be strongly motivated by ethical principles as a basis for decision making. Arguably, office seekers would be idealists who believed that the p…
The changing world of ideological conceptions in central and Eastern Europe
(1997). The changing world of ideological conceptions in central and Eastern Europe. International Review of Sociology: Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 461-484
Gendered perceptions: Women in the labour market in Poland
This paper considers the consequences of economic and political change in the early 1990s for women's situation in the Polish labour market. New types of employment emerged in various sectors of the Polish economy around the mid-1970s. Some, such as finance, insurance, education and health care became highly feminised. Under the Communist system, many regulations were introduced to allow women to combine paid labour with taking care of the househ…
The Contemporary Dilemma of the Polish Family and its Genealogy
Continuity or Change? The Woman's Role in Polish Public Life since the Fall of the Communist Regime
Journal Article Continuity or Change? The Woman's Role in Polish Public Life since the Fall of the Communist Regime Get access RENATA SIEMIENSKA RENATA SIEMIENSKA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, Volume 1, Issue 3, Fall 1994, Pages 326–334, https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/1.3.326 Published: 01 October 1994
Gender Inequality: A Comparative Study of Discrimination and Participation
Gender Inequality: A Comparative Study of Discrimination and Participation
Elite Conflict Orientations in Polish and US Cities
This paper analyzes the values of local leaders in Poland and the United States. A matched subset of cities is used. Interview data were collected in the 1983-84 period. The focus is on elite views about political conflict. Striking differences were found in the types of problems seen as serious in their communities. Yet, similar proportions perceived and tolerated conflicts today as in 1966. Individual level data on leadership position, party af…
Changing Values and Political Dissatisfaction in Poland and the West: A Comparative Analysis
THE POLITICAL CRISIS WHICH ERUPTED IN POLAND IN 1980 WAS widely attributed to the economic problems which beset the country then and subsequently. Economic conditions undoubtedly contributed to the crisis — but survey evidence suggests that gradual cultural changes were a less obvious but at least equally important factor. Historically, the Polish people have characteristically placed relatively great emphasis on self-determination and political …
Women and social movements in Poland
It is suggested that the processes of women's activation on their own behalf are extremely complex and subject to differing courses, depending on the specific conditions existing in particular countries. In the case of Poland, the processes of activation and emancipation of women are not linear. The political activity of Polish women is largely conditioned by national history and the hierarchy of values in Polish society
Women's Political Participation and the 1980 Crisis in Poland
Problems besetting the Polish society in the post-war period (massive migration, reconstruction of the country after war-time destruction, industrialization involving high social costs, sluggish growth of living standards, recurring strains and political crises) united society more than divided it along sex lines. High legal equality and fast industrialization combined with widespread occupational mobilization of women, without, howover, ensuring…
Factors Determining Women's Political Activity
Attitudes and Life Aspirations in Contemporary Polish Society
Personality Patterns in Postwar Poland
Personality and Society
Women and social movements in Poland
It is suggested that the processes of women's activation on their own behalf are extremely complex and subject to differing courses, depending on the specific conditions existing in particular countries. In the case of Poland, the processes of activation and emancipation of women are not linear. The political activity of Polish women is largely conditioned by national history and the hierarchy of values in Polish society
Changing Values and Political Dissatisfaction in Poland and the West: A Comparative Analysis
THE POLITICAL CRISIS WHICH ERUPTED IN POLAND IN 1980 WAS widely attributed to the economic problems which beset the country then and subsequently. Economic conditions undoubtedly contributed to the crisis — but survey evidence suggests that gradual cultural changes were a less obvious but at least equally important factor. Historically, the Polish people have characteristically placed relatively great emphasis on self-determination and political …
Ethical Reasoning in a Time of Revolution: A Study of Local Officials in Poland
Poland's transition from communism to democracy was marked by rhetoric that expressed democratic principles as the basis for organizing political life. Given the fundamentally moral message of the radical transformation throughout Eastern Europe, we would expect officials assuming office in these times to be strongly motivated by ethical principles as a basis for decision making. Arguably, office seekers would be idealists who believed that the p…
Gender, Family, and Work: The Case of Poland in Cross-National Perspective
The situations of men and women in the labor market in particular countries strongly differ from one another. The differences are loosely related to attitudes concerning work, family life, and gender. This article characterizes Polish social politics and society as a mosaic of traditional and nontraditional values, expectations, and behaviors when it comes to family and work. One of the basic questions is whether new lines of conflict and new sph…
The Contemporary Dilemma of the Polish Family and its Genealogy
Intergenerational Differences in Political Values and Attitudes in Stable and New Democracies
The examination of the intergenerational differences in two groups of democratic countries (traditional democratic countries and countries that began to establish democratic systems a little more than 10 years ago, when communist systems were overthrown in Central and Eastern Europe) shows growing similarities in attitudes and behaviors among young generations. The process is a consequence of cultural and economic globalization that encourages pr…
Polish Local Leaders and Fulfilling Community Needs: Politicians or Administrators
This article aims at an assessment of the role played by the local leaders in Poland, the characteristic feature of the Polish politico-economic systems having a high degree of centralization. According to the basic principles of the system, the interests of the local communities and of particular local organizations are supposed to be subordinated to the national interests. On the basis of an empirical study in six medium-sized towns, it is show…
Élites and women in democratizing post‐communist societies
Self-Reliance and Self-Sufficiency of Polish Families and the Role of Social Networks
The communist system in place in Poland for over forty years contributed to the persistence of the traditional family model, yet it also forced society to adapt to new conditions brought about by women's entrance into the workplace. Their "automatic" acquisition of certain rights and so-called privileges, as propaganda described them, in the context of the responsibilities with which women were burdened, cemented gender inequality in conditions w…
Values
The purpose of this chapter is to analyse the structure of opinions and attitudes of elites towards gender inequality within several groups of countries, taking into account their macro-structural conditions as well as individual satisfaction with the job performed by the members of the studied elites. Countries are clustered in two ways. The first uses the author's earlier analysis and is multi-dimensional. The second uses Huntington's clusterin…
Continuity or Change? The Woman's Role in Polish Public Life since the Fall of the Communist Regime
Journal Article Continuity or Change? The Woman's Role in Polish Public Life since the Fall of the Communist Regime Get access RENATA SIEMIENSKA RENATA SIEMIENSKA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, Volume 1, Issue 3, Fall 1994, Pages 326–334, https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/1.3.326 Published: 01 October 1994
Women's Political Participation and the 1980 Crisis in Poland
Problems besetting the Polish society in the post-war period (massive migration, reconstruction of the country after war-time destruction, industrialization involving high social costs, sluggish growth of living standards, recurring strains and political crises) united society more than divided it along sex lines. High legal equality and fast industrialization combined with widespread occupational mobilization of women, without, howover, ensuring…
Personality Patterns in Postwar Poland
Local Party Leaders in Poland
The composition of local elites and the recruitment methods that produced them help clarify the way a political system performs. Using data from six medium-sized Polish towns and two provinces gathered in the late 1970s, this article looks at the composition of local Polish United Workers party authorities and considers whether and to what degree party members differ in education, experience, and work models from other local leaders. The ways in …
Polish Local Leaders and Fulfilling Community Needs: Politicians or Administrators
This article aims at an assessment of the role played by the local leaders in Poland, the characteristic feature of the Polish politico-economic systems having a high degree of centralization. According to the basic principles of the system, the interests of the local communities and of particular local organizations are supposed to be subordinated to the national interests. On the basis of an empirical study in six medium-sized towns, it is show…
Attitudes and Life Aspirations in Contemporary Polish Society
Personality Patterns in Postwar Poland
Personality and Society
Afterword
Translator’s Note by Ray Taras
Local Party Leaders in Poland
The composition of local elites and the recruitment methods that produced them help clarify the way a political system performs. Using data from six medium-sized Polish towns and two provinces gathered in the late 1970s, this article looks at the composition of local Polish United Workers party authorities and considers whether and to what degree party members differ in education, experience, and work models from other local leaders. The ways in …
Women's Political Participation and the 1980 Crisis in Poland
Problems besetting the Polish society in the post-war period (massive migration, reconstruction of the country after war-time destruction, industrialization involving high social costs, sluggish growth of living standards, recurring strains and political crises) united society more than divided it along sex lines. High legal equality and fast industrialization combined with widespread occupational mobilization of women, without, howover, ensuring…
Factors Determining Women's Political Activity
Women and social movements in Poland
It is suggested that the processes of women's activation on their own behalf are extremely complex and subject to differing courses, depending on the specific conditions existing in particular countries. In the case of Poland, the processes of activation and emancipation of women are not linear. The political activity of Polish women is largely conditioned by national history and the hierarchy of values in Polish society
Changing Values and Political Dissatisfaction in Poland and the West: A Comparative Analysis
THE POLITICAL CRISIS WHICH ERUPTED IN POLAND IN 1980 WAS widely attributed to the economic problems which beset the country then and subsequently. Economic conditions undoubtedly contributed to the crisis — but survey evidence suggests that gradual cultural changes were a less obvious but at least equally important factor. Historically, the Polish people have characteristically placed relatively great emphasis on self-determination and political …
Elite Conflict Orientations in Polish and US Cities
This paper analyzes the values of local leaders in Poland and the United States. A matched subset of cities is used. Interview data were collected in the 1983-84 period. The focus is on elite views about political conflict. Striking differences were found in the types of problems seen as serious in their communities. Yet, similar proportions perceived and tolerated conflicts today as in 1966. Individual level data on leadership position, party af…
Gender Inequality: A Comparative Study of Discrimination and Participation
Gender Inequality: A Comparative Study of Discrimination and Participation
The Contemporary Dilemma of the Polish Family and its Genealogy
Continuity or Change? The Woman's Role in Polish Public Life since the Fall of the Communist Regime
Journal Article Continuity or Change? The Woman's Role in Polish Public Life since the Fall of the Communist Regime Get access RENATA SIEMIENSKA RENATA SIEMIENSKA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, Volume 1, Issue 3, Fall 1994, Pages 326–334, https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/1.3.326 Published: 01 October 1994
Gendered perceptions: Women in the labour market in Poland
This paper considers the consequences of economic and political change in the early 1990s for women's situation in the Polish labour market. New types of employment emerged in various sectors of the Polish economy around the mid-1970s. Some, such as finance, insurance, education and health care became highly feminised. Under the Communist system, many regulations were introduced to allow women to combine paid labour with taking care of the househ…
Ethical Reasoning in a Time of Revolution: A Study of Local Officials in Poland
Poland's transition from communism to democracy was marked by rhetoric that expressed democratic principles as the basis for organizing political life. Given the fundamentally moral message of the radical transformation throughout Eastern Europe, we would expect officials assuming office in these times to be strongly motivated by ethical principles as a basis for decision making. Arguably, office seekers would be idealists who believed that the p…
The changing world of ideological conceptions in central and Eastern Europe
(1997). The changing world of ideological conceptions in central and Eastern Europe. International Review of Sociology: Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 461-484
Women and Men in the Project of Reform: A Study of Gender Differences among Local Officials in Two Provinces in Poland
Are there politically relevant differences between female and male local government officials in postcommunist Poland? In structured interviews with 485 local officials in two provinces, the authors explored differences in terms of ethical reasoning and attitudes toward anomalous groups. Women more strongly favored a model of ethical reasoning characterized by a concern for abstract principles of social cooperation than did their male counterpart…
Élites and women in democratizing post‐communist societies
Intergenerational Differences in Political Values and Attitudes in Stable and New Democracies
The examination of the intergenerational differences in two groups of democratic countries (traditional democratic countries and countries that began to establish democratic systems a little more than 10 years ago, when communist systems were overthrown in Central and Eastern Europe) shows growing similarities in attitudes and behaviors among young generations. The process is a consequence of cultural and economic globalization that encourages pr…
Women and Men in Political and Business Elites: A Comparative Study in the Industrialized World
This analysis examines the demographic characteristics, family circumstances and career paths of a group of elite women. Drawing on a sample of 27 countries, a picture is constructed that informs readers of career paths, values, social networks and gender battles for women elites
Values
The purpose of this chapter is to analyse the structure of opinions and attitudes of elites towards gender inequality within several groups of countries, taking into account their macro-structural conditions as well as individual satisfaction with the job performed by the members of the studied elites. Countries are clustered in two ways. The first uses the author's earlier analysis and is multi-dimensional. The second uses Huntington's clusterin…
Winners and Losers: Gender Contracts in the New Political and Economic Situation
This article presents an analysis of trends in the new conceptualization of women's and men's roles and their behaviors in the public and private spheres in transforming Polish society, and the factors determining these trends. Certain social groups pay a particularly high price. These include the elderly as well as a large portion of women and youth just entering the labor market. In the 1990s the postulated model of the woman and her place in P…
Political science (23 works) · Sociology (22 works) · Politics (17 works) · Law (15 works) · Economics (12 works) · Law (12 works) · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies (8 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works)