ISBN:
0521840910
,
0521600758
,
9780521840910
,
9780521600750
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vii, 244 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Employment and the Family : The Reconfiguration of Work and Family Life in Contemporary Societies
DDC:
306.3/6
Keywords:
Economic policy
;
Social policy
;
Social change
;
Sexual division of labor
;
Work and family
;
Social structure
;
Individualism
;
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Abstract:
The employment of women, particularly mothers, is now accepted as a 'fact of modern life'. This book examines the origins and background of this radical shift in the gendered division of labour and relates it to contemporary changes in both employment and family life with which it is inter-twined
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Understanding change in employment, family and gender relations; 2 Caring and working; 3 Women, men, organisations and careers; 4 Work-life articulation, working hours and work-life policies; 5 States, families and work-life articulation; 6 Households, domestic work, market work and happiness; 7 Class, family choices and women's employment; Conclusions; Appendix A Additional ISSP Family 2002 questions funded via ESRC: R000239727: 'Employment and the Family'; Appendix B Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) interviewees cited; Bibliography
Description / Table of Contents:
Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-240) and index
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Research based on social surveys done in European countries and the United States
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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