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Eastern Europe has been recognized as a region that has experienced major socio-political and economic changes in the last decades. The impact of these transitions on families and their functioning has also been significant. Although understanding of families in different cultures in the last years has been considerably increased, little has been written on Eastern European families. This book fills the void in literature and provides a timely and comprehensive analysis of family issues in Eastern Europe. It brings together scholars from fourteen Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, former East Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. The authors explain family processes in that particular country focusing on the historic, social and economic contexts and the impact they have on families. The authors also provide demographic information about families and discuss cultural traditions, marital and gender roles, parenting processes, family policy and programs within the society, and the state of research on family issues. As the society is trying to adopt a global perspective of the family, there is a need for people to gain an in-depth understanding of the world from a historical, socio-economic, political and cultural framework. This volume is an important reference work to be used by scholars and undergraduate and graduate students. It is a reader appropriate for use in courses and seminars on families and cultural diversity. The book also constitutes an excellent source of information for policy makers, foundations, governments and leaders of international family and/or youth organizations. Finally, the volume could be used by general readers interested in the dynamics of families in Eastern Europe. The book develops new insights and understandings on family issues.

"This comprehensive and comparative book makes clear what party families are, and, in doing so, helps categorize and make sense of parties in different countries It describes the ideology of the families in Western Europe as well as classifying political parties accordingly. Furthermore, the book examines who the party families' supporters are in terms of their social background and political values. What role for class, education, or religion in the 21st century? Finally, the book provides a discussion of the degree to which the concept of party families is still meaningful in the 21st century and how it needs to be studied comparatively and comprehensively. Is party family still valid as a conceptual device to classify and compare parties across countries in Western Europe? This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners working in the field of political behaviour, political parties and party politics, policy studies and more broadly to comparative and European politics"--

Analysing data from the European Social Survey, in this article we try to capture the main features of European families. Accounting for the changing trends of the last forty years in family arrangements, practices and values we also discuss some theoretical and methodological issues raised by the exercise of comparing countries. General configurations like family size, composition of the household, living arrangements and marital status are identified and analysed by clustering European countries. The insertion of men and women in the labour market, fertility rates and the hours of work of parents are another central focus of discussion. Our results tend to contradict some stereotypes. The majority of Europeans are formally married or living together, conjugal disruption is transitory for the divorced and the separated tend to return to conjugality. With modern ideals family is, for all European countries and with very similar averages, the most valued dimension of personal life.

Analysing data from European Social Survey in this article we try to capture the main features of the European families. Accounting for the changing trends of the last 40 years in family arrangements, practices and values we discuss some theoretical and methodological issues raised by the exercise of comparing countries also. General configurations like family's size, composition of the households, living arrangements and marital status are identified and analysed clustering European countries. The insertion of men and women on the labour market, fertility rates and the hours of work of parents are also other central focus of discussion. Our results tend to contradict some stereotypes. The majority of Europeans are formally married or living together, conjugal disruption being transitory for divorced and the separated tend to return to conjugality. With modern ideals, family is, for all European countries and with very similar averages, the most valued dimension of personal life.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 On the Concept of Party Families -- 1.2.1 The Genetic Approach -- 1.2.2 Names and Transnational Affiliations -- 1.2.3 Ideology and Policy -- 1.3 Defining Party Family -- 1.4 Which Party Families? -- 1.5 Classifying Parties: Ideology and Policy Positions -- 1.6 Describing Parties: Electoral Support, Social Basis, and Government Participation -- 1.7 Data and Methodology -- 1.8 Conclusion and Overview of the Book -- Notes -- References -- 2 The Radical Left -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Radical Left Parties Identified By Previous Literature -- 2.3 Is There a Radical Left Party Family? Supply Side: Radical Left Ideology -- 2.3.1 An Updated Radical Left Party Family -- 2.4 The Power of the Radical Left Party Family -- 2.5 Demand Side: The Social Background of Radical Left Voters -- 2.5.1 Gender -- 2.5.2 Religion -- 2.5.3 Class and Education -- 2.6 Demand Side: The Ideology of the Radical Left Voters -- 2.7 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 The Greens -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Green Parties Identified By Previous Literature -- 3.3 Is There a Green Party Family? Supply Side: Green Ideology -- 3.3.1 An Updated Green Party Family -- 3.4 The Power of Green Parties -- 3.5 Demand Side: The Social Background of Green Voters -- 3.5.1 Gender -- 3.5.2 Religion -- 3.5.3 Education and Class -- 3.6 Demand Side: The Ideology of Green Voters -- 3.7 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4 The Social Democrats -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Social Democratic Parties Identified By Previous Literature -- 4.3 Is There a Social Democratic Party Family? Supply Side: Social Democratic Ideology -- 4.3.1 An Updated Social Democratic Party Family.