Description
Book SynopsisExamines women's inclusion into and exclusion from positions of authority in Austria and Hungary in the latter half of the twentieth century. This book discusses the legacies of Austria's and Hungary's 'gender regimes' following the demise of state socialism and during the process of integration into the European Union.
Trade Review“Éva Fodor's compelling analysis of gendered mechanisms of exclusion and inclusion in the workplaces of state-socialist Hungary and capitalist Austria provides a welcome set of comparative insights to the burgeoning literature on gender, states, and societies, and speaks to core questions in feminism and studies of inequality.”—Ann Shola Orloff, coauthor,
States, Markets, Families: Gender, Liberalism and Social Policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States“
Working Difference contains much fascinating new material and exciting analysis. It will make an important contribution to gender theory and to the study of postsocialist stratification. This book is one of only a small handful that directly compare Eastern and Western European political economies and one of the only ones that compares gender regimes. It will have a wide influence on discussions of gender regimes, welfare states, and the historical role of state socialism.”—Susan Gal, coauthor of
The Politics of Gender after SocialismTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
1. Three Generations of Women in Central Europe 1
2. Gender Regimes in East and West 17
3. From “K und K” to “Communism versus Capitalism”: The Social Worlds of Austria and Hungary 39
4. Exclusion versus Limited Inclusion 61
5. Mechanisms of Exclusion 76
6. Conditions of Inclusion: Examining State Policies in Austria and Hungary, 1945–1995 104
7. Difference at Work: A Case Study of Hungary
136
8. Convergence in the Twenty-First Century?
151
Appendix A. Data Sets, Samples, and Definition of Variables
163
Appendix B. Chronology of Legislation Targeting or Affecting Women
167
Notes 173
References 189
Index 201
