Social Transformation and the Family in Post-Communist Germany

Preface List of Tables List of Charts Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Social Transformation and the Family: Issues and Development; Eva Kolinsky PART 1: FAMILIES AND FAMILY POLICY Women and Women's Policies in East and West Germany, 1945-1990; Hildegard Maria Nickel Family Policy and Family Function in the German Democratic Republic ; Mike Dennis Social Protection and Family Transformation: Speculations on the German Agenda; Steen Mangen Family Policy as Social Policy in Unified Germany: Framework and Process Ilona Ostner PART 2: SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND FAMILY CHALLENGE Economic Transformation and Income Change; Christopher Flockton Recasting Biographies: Women and the Family; Eva Kolinsky Women's Career Choices after the Collapse of the East German Employment Society: Ingrid Hoelzler Young People and the Family; Hans Oswald Family Support of Older People in Post-Communist Germany; Thomas Scharf Conclusion: The Family Transformed: Structures, Experiences, Prospects; Eva Kolinsky Select Bibliography Index