Family Theory and Research in Hungary
| Autor: | László Cseh-Szombathy, Peter Somlai |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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| Zdroj: | Marriage & Family Review. 22:181-201 |
| ISSN: | 1540-9635 0149-4929 |
| Popis: | Systematic study of family began in Hungary after World War II. Empirical research on family was replaced with ideologically guided works after the Communist political takeover in 1949. The impact of socialism on family life and family research and the influence of various theoretical and methodological approaches on analysis of family are discussed in this paper. There was no baby boom in Hungary. The low birthrate, heavy use of abortion as a means of family planning, and movement of the society toward industrialization, collectivization, and urbanization had profound effects on family functions and lifestyles. This paper traces the development of family research in Hungary. Concern over declining fertility prompted a series of family studies in the 1950s and 1960s. Divorce and kinship were topics explored by Hungarian researchers in cross national linkages with scholars from the United States. Recent research has focused on social problems of the elderly and the informal networks of the nuclear family. ... |
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