ISBN:
9780745654263
,
0745654266
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 235 S.
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] Ebrary 2013 Online-Ressource ebrary online Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Work & society series
Series Statement:
Work and Society Ser.
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Negrey, Cynthia, 1953 - Work time
Parallel Title:
Print version Work Time
DDC:
304.237
Keywords:
Arbeitszeit
;
Industriesoziologie
;
Familie-Beruf
;
USA
;
Europa
;
Hours of labor - History
;
Hours of labor
;
Hours of labor - History
;
Hours of labor -- History
;
Hours of labor
;
Electronic books
;
Work environment
;
Industrial sociology
;
Work-life balance
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Work-Life-Balance
;
Arbeitsplatz
;
Industriesoziologie
Abstract:
Work Timeis a sociological overview of a complex web of relations that shapes much of our experience of work and life yet often goes without critical examination. Cynthia Negrey examines work time past and present, exploring structural economic change and the gender division of labor to ask: what are the historical, cultural, public policy, and business sources of current work-time practices? Topics addressed include work-time reduction in the US culminating in the 40-hour statute of 1938, recent trends in annual and weekly hours, overtime, part-time work, temporary employment, work-family integration, and international comparisons. She focuses on the US in a global context and explores how a new political economy of work time is taking shape. This book brings together existing knowledge from sociology, anthropology, history, labor economics, and family studies to answer its central question and will change the way upper-level students think about the time we devote to work.
Description / Table of Contents:
COVER; Contents; List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: From Field to Factory and Beyond; Original Affluence?; Medieval Church Time, Modern Clock Time; Commodified Time; Industrial Time-discipline; Time-work Discipline in the Twenty-first Century; Gendered Time; 2: Work-time Reduction in the US; Citizenship, Leisure, Education, and Health; From Haymarket to Henry Ford; Work Sharing and Fair Labor; Two 30-hour Experiments; Conclusion; 3: Current Trends; Annual Hours; Weekly Hours; Overtime; Non-standard Work; Non-standard Schedules; Hours Mismatches
Description / Table of Contents:
4: Work-family, Work-lifeFrom Family-based to Family Consumer Economy; Women's Labor-force Participation; Family Structure and Employment Hours; Housework, Child Care, and Free Time; Work-family; Private Adaptations; Workplace and Public Policy Initiatives; Work-life; 5: Work Time Outside the US; Work Hours in Industrialized Nations; Work Hours Regulations in Europe; Women's Part-time Employment in Europe; Family Policies; European Couples' Work-hour Strategies; Work Hours in Transition and Developing Countries; Work Hours Preferences; Conclusion; 6: A New Political Economy of Work Time
Description / Table of Contents:
The Electronic CottageCustomized Time: Two Forms; Recommendations for Change; Work Time and Environmental Sustainability; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 From Field to Factory and Beyond; Original Affluence?; Medieval Church Time, Modern Clock Time; Commodified Time; Industrial Time-discipline; Time-work Discipline in the Twenty-first Century; Gendered Time; 2 Work-Time Reduction in the US; Citizenship, Leisure, Education, and Health; From Haymarket to Henry Ford; Work Sharing and Fair Labor; Two 30-hour Experiments; Conclusion; 3 Current Trends; Annual Hours; Weekly Hours; Overtime; Non-standard Work; Non-standard Schedules; Hours Mismatches4 Work-family, Work-life; From Family-based to Family Consumer Economy; Women's Labor-force Participation; Family Structure and Employment Hours; Housework, Child Care, and Free Time; Work-family; Private Adaptations; Workplace and Public Policy Initiatives; Work-life; 5 Work Time Outside the US; Work Hours in Industrialized Nations; Work Hours Regulations in Europe; Women's Part-time Employment in Europe; Family Policies; European Couples' Work-hour Strategies; Work Hours in Transition and Developing Countries; Work Hours Preferences; Conclusion; 6 A New Political Economy of Work TimeThe Electronic Cottage; Customized Time: Two Forms; Recommendations for Change; Work Time and Environmental Sustainability; Conclusion; References; Index
Note:
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,
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