Margret Fine-Davis

Gender Roles in Ireland

Three Decades of Attitude Change

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Produktbeschreibung

Gender Roles in Ireland documents changing attitudes toward the role of women in Ireland over three decades, 1975-2005. The results of four comparable surveys are presented, painting a detailed and complex picture of the evolving role of both women and men during a period of rapid social and legislative change in Ireland's history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 573g
• ISBN-13: 9780415743082
• ISBN-10: 0415743087
• Artikelnr.: 40625210

Autorenporträt

Margret Fine-Davis is Senior Research Fellow (Emeritus), Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences & Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin and Director of the Social Attitude & Policy Research Group. Her research interests include social attitudes; changing gender role attitudes and behaviour and related social policy issues; attitudes to family formation and well-being. She is co-author of Fathers and Mothers: dilemmas of the work-life balance -- a comparative study in four European countries (Kluwer, 2004; Italian version, Il Mulino, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 1.1. Background 1.2. Changing Gender Role Attitudes: The
international context 1.3. Socio-Cultural and Historical Background to
Study 1.4 . Overview of Studies 2. Method 2.1. Overview of Studies: 1975 -
2010 2.2. 1975 Study 2.3. 1978 Study 2.4. 1986 Study 2.5. 2005 Study 2.6.
2010 2.7. Data Analysis Techniques 2.8. Comparisons of Data Sets 3.
Dimensions of Attitudes toward the Role and Status of Women 3.1. Factor
Structure of Attitudes Toward the Role and Status of Women 3.2.
Relationships among Attitudes Toward the Role and Status of Women 3.3.
Determinants of Attitudes Toward the Role and Status of Women 3.4.
Discussion 4. Social Psychological and Personality Correlates of Attitudes
Toward the Role and Status of Women 4.1. Background and Literature Review
4.2. Method 4.3. Path Analysis 4.4. Discussion 5. Attitudes Toward the Role
of Women as Part of a Larger Belief System 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Method
5.3. Results: The societal context 5.4. Results: Attitudes toward the role
of women as part of a larger belief system 5.5. Discussion and Implications
6. Attitude Change: 1975 - 2005 6.1. Changing Gender Role Attitudes
Cross-Culturally 6.2. The Irish Context for Social and Attitude Change 6.3.
A Time Series Analysis of Attitudes in Ireland 1975 - 2005 6.4. Method 6.5.
Comparisons of Datasets 6.6. Changing Attitudes: Dublin 1975 - 1986 6.7.
Attitude Shifts Among Groups: Dublin 1975 - 1986 6.8. Changing Attitudes:
Nationwide samples - 1978, 1986, 2005 6.9. Effects of Demographic
Characteristics on Attitudes over Time 6.10. Discussion and Conclusions 7.
Attitudes to Divorce 7.1. Introduction 7.2. The 1986 Divorce Referendum: An
analysis of attitudes and voting patterns 7.3. The 1986 Divorce Referendum:
Conclusions and implications 7.4. The 1995 Divorce Referendum and its
Impact 8. Attitudes to Abortion 8.1. The 1983 Abortion Referendum:
Attitudes and voting patterns 8.2. Attitudes Towards Abortion Under Various
Circumstances 8.3. Medical Implications of the Amendment 8.4. Changing
Attitudes to Abortion: 1986 - 2013 8.5. Cross-Cultural Comparisons and the
Influence of Religion 8.6. Legal and Other Developments 1983 - 2013 9.
Attitudes to Moral Issues 9.1. Background and Context 9.2. An Examination
of Attitudes to Moral Issues 9.3. Summary, Current Attitudes and
Conclusions 10. Current Attitudes and Policy Issues 10.1. Background and
Context 10.2. Demographic Changes 10.3. The Relationship Between Women's
Labour Force Participation and Fertility 10.4. Changing Attitudes to Gender
Roles 10.5. Implications of Changing Gender Role Attitudes