ISBN:
140398719X
,
9780230800830
,
9781403987198
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 272 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Women, Men, Work and Family in Europe
DDC:
306.3/6094
Keywords:
Sexual division of labor Cross-cultural studies
;
Work and family Cross-cultural studies
Abstract:
Social changes including an increase in dual-earner families, declining fertility, and growing problems of work-life 'balance' are underway as more women, particularly mothers, enter and remain in paid employment. The authors explore this in a number of European countries (Britain, France, The Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Portugal)
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; 1 Introduction: The Unravelling of the 'Male Breadwinner' Model - and Some of its Consequences; 2 Evolutions and Approaches to Equitable Divisions of Paid Work and Care in Three European Countries: a Multi-level Challenge; 3 Social Policy in Europe: its Impact on Families and Work; 4 Fertility Rates and Mothers' Employment Behaviour in Comparative Perspective: Similarities and Differences in Six European Countries
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Fertility Decline, the Postponement of Childbearing and the Increase in Childlessness in Central and Eastern Europe: a Gender Equity Approach6 Main Patterns in Attitudes to the Articulation Between Work and Family Life: a Cross-National Analysis; 7 Occupational Class, Country and the Domestic Division of Labour; 8 Gender, Social Class and Work-Life Balance in the New Economy; 9 Care Capital, Stress and Satisfaction; 10 The Workplace as an Arena for Negotiating the Work-Family Boundary: a Case Study of Two Swedish Social Services Agencies
Description / Table of Contents:
11 Women's Occupational Patterns and Work-Family Arrangements: do National and Organisational Policies Matter?12 Employment, the Family and 'Work-Life Balance' in France; 13 Continuities, Change and Transformations; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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