Seeking the balance between work and family after communism

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 287-313

  Saxonberg, Steven ^a,c   Sirovátka, Tomáš ^b  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aspirations; Catholic Church; Communist legacy; Defamilization; Family policy; Fertility rates; Gender equality; Re familization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747235414     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v39n03_04     Document Type: Review

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