Social Change and the Georgian Family
Nino Dourglishvili

Discussion Paper Series 3
United Nations Development Programme - Georgia
Tbilisi 1997

This publication is supported by the United Nations Development Programme Country Office in Georgia.
The international organization "Women's Initiative for Equality" coordinated the project.

Series Editor: 
Ghia Nodia
Cover Design:  
Mikheil Kochakidze
English translation: 
Elvani Gurabanidze
Editor of English translation: 
William J. Hein


Editing, translation, formatting and printing of the publications in the Discussion Paper Series was coordinated by the Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development

C o n t e n t s

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
       Information sources on the subject of study
       Interpretation of principal terms
       Preliminary considerations
       Working hypothesis
1. GENERAL OUTLINE
2. CREATING A FAMILY
3. STATUS/ROLE RELATIONSHIPS AND DECISION-MAKING MECHANISMS IN THE GEORGIAN FAMILY
4. FAMILY CONFLICTS AND DIVORCE
5. CHANGES IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECONOMIC MODEL OF A FAMILY
6. AN ETHNIC-GEORGIAN FAMILY AND A FAMILY IN GEORGIA
7. ADAPTATION TO SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE FAMILY
APPENDIX
       Some results of the sociological survey
       Parameters of the adaptation to social environment



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