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Домашният труд – сфера на разделение и неравнопоставеност
Domestic work – a sphere of division and inequality

Author(s): Maria Nikolova
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Институт за изследване на населението и човека - Българска академия на науките

Summary/Abstract: The article reveals basics of the scientific interest in domestic work as specific "domestic" mode of production. The importance of this problem is explained from demographic point of view, as domestic work is connected with normal functioning of the family, and with population reproduction. The study of domestic work, in itself as well as in relation to professional work, leads to the conclusion that there exists a fundamenta dissymmetry of division of labor by gender, and new models of dominance and subordination in family and society. The hypothe sis is stated, that the importance of domestik work for the population increases under the conditions of transition, crisis and mass unemployment, while at the same pressure for womwn at home rises, limiting her proffesional and personal reslization, and leading to degradation of their health status.

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 150-163
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bulgarian