Różnorodność typów rodzin, różnorodność praktyk w rodzinach
The Variety of Family Types, the Diversity of Practices in Families

Author(s): Krystyna Slany
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: family career; family life models and practices; family equality; migrations and families
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to raise the issue of diversity of family forms in Poland after the period of transformation and their main manifestations, observed in various everyday practices. The attention focuses on showing the diversifi cation of chosen family careers, including alternative family forms. The analysis covers changes in the intimacy and durability of marriage, and further practised models and challenges in the sphere of equality in the family, referring to the concept of the “second gender revolution”. Moreover, the role of migration in the creation of various types of transnational families, different parenting practices and their impact on the leaving a homogenous family pattern are underlined.

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