Parenting and Work in Poland: A Gender Studies Perspective

By Katarzyna Suwada

1. Introduction

2. Parenting, work and gender. Sociological perspective

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Parenting and social change

2.3. Parenting as work in a sociological perspective

2.4. Parenting and doing gender

2.5. Parenting and the welfare state system

2.6. Chapter summary

3. Care work and parenting

3.1. Introduction. Culture of care in Poland

3.2. 'I can't imagine my husband on parental leave'. Parental leave as a mother's right

3.3. 'Nurseries are so expensive...'. Care gap and organisation of care after parental leave

3.4. 'I'm a bit down...'. Loneliness and exhaustion in care work

3.5. Chapter summary

4. Paid work and parenting

4.1. Is paid work a part of parenting?

4.2. 'It's clear that it's also a financial issue...'. Necessity of paid work

4.3. 'I think that a guy has to earn and support his family'. Different attitudes to paid work of mothers and fathers

4.4. 'Time is the biggest problem in my life'. Time pressures in parenting

4.5. Chapter summary

5. Domestic work and parenting

5.1. Prevailing inequalities in the household

5.2. 'I try to help as much as I can'. Men and domestic chores

5.3. 'I just don't want to force him'. Women as managers of everyday life

5.4 'I think it is fair'. The sense of fairness and gender roles

5.5 'We have a lady coming once a week'. Strategies of reducing domestic duties

5.6. Chapter summary

6. Conclusions: power relations and parenting

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030663027
• ISBN13: 9783030663025
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 107 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"