Background
She was born in a wealthy middle class family in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now the capital of Slovenia). Her father was an Austrian Jew who had converted to Roman Catholicism, her mother was Slovene.
(This book investigates the role and pattern of family lif...)
This book investigates the role and pattern of family life in contemporary Europe. It argues that the family remains a very important social unit which continues to have considerable influence on other social institutions such as the state. This book should be of interest to teachers and students of sociology.
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She was born in a wealthy middle class family in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now the capital of Slovenia). Her father was an Austrian Jew who had converted to Roman Catholicism, her mother was Slovene.
She studied sociology at the University of Ljubljana and obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in 1974.
During World World War II, she was imprisoned by the Nazis. In 1946 she got engaged to Ljubo Sirc who later became a famous economist. The same year, however, Sirc was imprisoned by the Communist regime and trialed at the so-called Nagode trial.
Due to Sirc"s long confinement and later exile, their engagement failed.
Boh. She dedicated herself to the study of family patterns, becoming one of the leading European experts in the field She was among the co-founders of the Slovenian Social Democratic Party in 1989, together with Jože Pučnik, Matjaž Šinkovec and France Tomšič.
After the victory of the DEMOS coalition in the first free elections in Slovenia in April 1990, she became the Minister for Health in Lojze Peterle"s cabinet. She remained in office until 1991, when she was appointed as the first Slovenian ambassador to Austria.
She remained in Vienna until 1997 when she retired.
She died in August 2008 in Ljubljana and was buried in the Žale cemetery.
(This book investigates the role and pattern of family lif...)
A decided supporter of human rights and political pluralism, she became involved in politics during the Slovenian spring in the 1980s. She remained an advisor to the Slovenian Democratic Party, and was one of the co-authors of the party"s programm on social issues for the 2004 parliamentary elections.
She was also an active member of the International Paneuropean Union.