Gender Divisions and Working Time in the New Economy

Edited by Diane Perrons, Colette Fagan, Linda McDowell, Kath Ray and Kevin Ward

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Abstract: Contemporary societies are characterised by new and more flexible working patterns, new family structures and widening social divisions. This book explores how these macro-level changes affect the micro organisation of daily life, with reference to working patterns and gender divisions in Northern and Western Europe and the United States.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Geography; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
ISBN: 9781845420208
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction: Work, Life and Time in the New Economy

Diane Perrons, Linda McDowell, Colette Fagan, Kath Ray and Kevin Ward

Ch 2 Work Intensification in the UK

Brendan Burchell

Ch 3 Employment in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for the Family

Harriet B. Presser

Ch 4 Enterprising Women: Remaking Gendered Networks on Wall Street in the New Economy

Melissa Fisher

Ch 5 The French 35-Hour Working Law and the Work–Life Balance of Parents: Friend or Foe?

Jeanne Fagnani and Marie Thérèse Letablier

Ch 6 Economic Crisis and the Sustainability of the Dual-Earner, Dual-Carer Model

Anita Nyberg

Ch 7 Class, Gender and Work–Life Articulation

Rosemary Crompton and Michaela Brockmann

Ch 8 Mothers’ Work–Life Balance: Individualized Preferences or Cultural Construction?

Simon Duncan

Ch 9 Care Politics for Fathers in a Flexible Time Culture

Berit Brandth and Elin Kvande

Ch 10 Individualization and ‘Identity-Risks’ in Dual-Career Households

Irene Hardill and Joost van Loon

Ch 11 E-enabled Active Welfare: Creating the Context for Work–Life Balance

Sarah Walsh, Susan Baines and James Cornford

Ch 12 Local Time Policies in Europe

Jean-Yves Boulin

Ch 13 Developing Positive Flexibility for Employees: The British Trade Union Approach

Jo Morris and Jane Pillinger

Ch 14 Promoting Equality in the Private and Public Sectors

Teresa Rees

Ch 15 Equal Opportunity and Unwarranted Pay Differences. A Case Study of Gender-Related Pay Differences in a Knowledge-based Society

Lena Gonäs, Ann Bergman and Kerstin Rosenberg

Ch 16 Conclusion: Work, Life and Time in the New Economy

Diane Perrons, Colette Fagan, Linda McDowell, Kath Ray and Kevin Ward

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