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Employment and the family : the reconfiguration of work and family life in contemporary societies / Rosemary Crompton.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crompton, Rosemary.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Work and family.
- Individualism.
- Sexual division of labor.
- Social structure.
- Economic policy.
- Social policy.
- Social change.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Work and family life in contemporary societies
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Contents:
- 1 Understanding change in employment, family and gender relations 1
- 2 Caring and working 31
- 3 Women, men, organisations and careers 62
- 4 Work-life articulation, working hours and work-life policies 89
- 5 States, families and work-life articulation 115
- 6 Households, domestic work, market work and happiness 139
- 7 Class, family choices and women's employment 163
- Appendix A Additional ISSP Family 2002 questions 219
- Appendix B Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) interviewees cited 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-240) and index.
- Research based on social surveys done in European countries and the United States.
- ISBN:
- 0521840910
- 0521600758
- OCLC:
- 60767057
- Publisher Number:
- 9780521840910
- 9780521600750
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