Gender Regime and “Women’s Policy” in Hungary 2008–2018. A Historical Political Economic Analysis Cover Image

Genderrezsim és „nőpolitika” Magyarországon 2008–2018. Történeti politikai gazdaságtani elemzés
Gender Regime and “Women’s Policy” in Hungary 2008–2018. A Historical Political Economic Analysis

Author(s): Gergely Csányi
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Economy, Gender Studies, Economic history, History of ideas, Social history, Gender history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Fordulat
Keywords: gender regime;women history;women's policy;gender policy;politcal economy of gender;

Summary/Abstract: In my paper, I look at the gender regime and “women’s policy” after 2008 in the context of the history of the integration of female formal and informal labour into society. I show that the productive and reproductive labour performed by women has integrated into society in different ways in different historical periods, according to way in which Hungary integrated into the world system. I argue that when looking at the gender regime and “women’s policy” after 2008, in addition to the rearrangement directly caused by the crisis, we also need to consider the demographic downturn that has been continuous from the 1950s, the abortion discourse attached to this, as well as the downturn of the world economy from the 1970s. We need to consider the way in which Hungary formally reintegrated into the world system in a dependent, semi-peripheral position during the regime change.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 115-141
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Hungarian