Gender Relations, Education and Social Change in Poland

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12232192
AutoresPeggy Watson (University of Cambridge, autor correspondente)
Ano1992
Volume4
Fascículo1-2
Páginas127-147
Data de publicação1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGender and Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0954-0253 • E-ISSN: 1360-0516
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0954025920040109
OpenAlexW2115670768
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências 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