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Centrality and peripherality upside down? Gender equality and the family in Western Europe

Ein umgekehrtes Verhältnis von Zentrum und Peripherie? Geschlechtergleichheit und die Famile in Westeuropa
[journal article]

Jallinoja, Riitta

Abstract

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die Geschlechter(un)gleichheit und Prozesse der Familienbildung im Kontext der Cleavage-Theorie von Stein Rokkan hinsichtlich der entscheidenden Dichotomie Zentrum/Peripherie. Das Schema ist einfach: hoch modernisierte Gesellschaften gehören zum Zentrum, weniger mo... view more

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die Geschlechter(un)gleichheit und Prozesse der Familienbildung im Kontext der Cleavage-Theorie von Stein Rokkan hinsichtlich der entscheidenden Dichotomie Zentrum/Peripherie. Das Schema ist einfach: hoch modernisierte Gesellschaften gehören zum Zentrum, weniger moderne zur Peripherie. Die Gleichheit der Geschlechter und die Entstehung einer Vielzahl neuer Ehe- und Familienformen sind dabei Indikatoren der Modernisierung. Daraus kann der Schluß abgeleitet werden, je höher die Gleichheit der Geschlechter in einem Land ist und je mehr nicht-traditionelle Familienformen vorliegenden, desto zentraler ist die Position eines Landes. Rokkans Ansatz und diese Hypothese wird anhand empirischer Daten für einige westeuropäische Länder (Zentrum: Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien, Schweiz, Österreich, Niederlande, Belgien, Luxemburg, Italien und Dänemark; Peripherie: Irland, Spanien, Portugal, Griechenland, Norwegen, Schweden und Finnland) geprüft. (pmb)... view less


'The study tries to apply Rokkan's centre/periphery dichotomy to the analysis of gender equality and the family, which, according to Rokkan, belong to the domain of culture. The final criterion for centrality and peripherality is provided by the level of modernization, gender equality being as such ... view more

'The study tries to apply Rokkan's centre/periphery dichotomy to the analysis of gender equality and the family, which, according to Rokkan, belong to the domain of culture. The final criterion for centrality and peripherality is provided by the level of modernization, gender equality being as such a sign of modernization, while the frequency of new family forms being the criterion for the degree of modernization in the case of the family. According to the indicators used in the study, we can conclude that politico-economic centrality and peripherality do not coincide with centrality and peripherality in the domains of gender equality and the family, the differences in this respect stemming rather from each country's cultural heritage. Amont the politico-economically peripheral countries, the four Nordic countries form the most modernized territory as to gender equality and the family, whereas the southern seaward periphery form the least modernized territory in this respect. Centrality in the domain of economics provides a more or less intermediate position as to the modernization of gender equality and the family.' (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
Western Europe; society; equality of rights; sex ratio; woman; family; differentiation; man

Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies

Method
empirical; quantitative empirical

Document language
English

Publication Year
1995

Page/Pages
p. 244-265

Journal
Historical Social Research, 20 (1995) 2

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.20.1995.2.244-265

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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