| Description |
xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-263) and index. |
| Contents |
List of tables -- List of fiugres -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the contributors -- 1. Introduction : The unravelling of the 'male breadwinner' model - and some of its consequences / Rosemary Crompton, Suzan Lewis, and Clare Lyonette -- 2. Evolutions and approaches to equitable divisions of paid work and care in three European countries : a multi-level challenge / Richenda Gambles, Suzan Lewis, and Rhona Rapoport -- 3. Social policy in Europe : its impact on families and work / Laura den Dulk and Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes -- 4. Fertility rates and mothers' employment behaviour in comparative perspective : similarities and differences in six European countries / Jeanne Fagnani -- 5. Fertility decline, the postponement of childbearing and the increase in childlessness in Central and Eastern Europe : a gender equity approach / Hana Hašková -- 6. Main patterns in attitudes to the articulation between work and family life : a cross-national analysis / Karin Wall -- 7. Occupational class, country and the domestic division of labour / Rosemary Crompton and Clare Lyonette -- |
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8. Gender, social class and work-life balance in the new economy / Diane Perrons, LInda McDowell, Colette Fagan, Kathy Ray and Kevin Ward -- 9. Care capital, stress and satisfaction / Anneli Anttonen and Jorma Sipilä -- 10. The workplace as an arena for negotiating the work-family boundary : a case study of two Swedish social services agencies / Margareta Bäck-Wiklund and Lars Plantin -- 11. Women's occupational patterns and work-family arrangements : do national and organisational policies matter? / Maria das Dores Guerreiro and Inês Pereira -- 12. Employment, the family and 'work-life balance' in France / Nicky Le Feuvre and Clotilde Lemarchant -- 13. Continuities, change and transformations / Rosemary Crompton, Suzan Lewis, and Clare Lyonette -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Work and family -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Work and family. |
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Europe. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Sexual division of labor -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Sexual division of labor. |
| Added Author |
Crompton, Rosemary.
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Lewis, Suzan.
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Lyonette, Clare.
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| ISBN |
9781403987198 hardback |
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140398719X hardback |
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