Women, work, and the family in Europe / edited by Eileen Drew, Ruth Emerek, and Evelyn Mahon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Drew, Eileen P.

Emerek, Ruth.

Mahon, Evelyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work and family--Government policy--Europe.

Work and family.

Family policy--Europe.

Family policy.

Women--Employment--Europe.

Women.

Physical Description:

xvii, 230 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London [England] ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A new and timely analysis of major changes in society within the extended European Union. Addresses the consequences of altered family forms , the restructuring of the labour markets and the conflicting demands of family and working life.

Contents:

chapter INTRODUCTION / Eileen Drew

part Part I RE-CONCEPTUALISING FAMILIES

chapter 1 RE-CONCEPTUALISING FAMILIES / Eileen Drew

chapter 2 CHANGING FAMILY FORMS AND THE ALLOCATION OF CARING / Eileen Drew

chapter 3 STATE POLICY AND GENDER CONTRACTS

The Swedish experience / Yvonne Hirdman

chapter 4 GREEK FAMILY POLICY FROM A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE / THEODOROS N.PAPADOPOULOS

chapter 5 RECENT CHANGES IN FAMILY POLICY IN FRANCE

Political trade-offs and economic constraints / Jeanne Fagnani

chapter 6 PAID WORK AND CARE OF OLDER PEOPLE

A UK perspective / Judith Phillips

chapter 7 EMPLOYMENT AND FAMILY LIVES

Equalities and inequalities / Julia Brannen

part Part II RESTRUCTURING LABOUR MARKETS

chapter 8 EMPLOYMENT, FLEXIBILITY AND GENDER / Eileen Drew

chapter 9 PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT IN A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE / Susan McRae

chapter 10 HOMEWORKING

New approaches to an old problem / Sheila Rowbotham

chapter 11 LABOUR POLICIES, ECONOMIC FLEXIBILITY AND WOMEN'S WORK

The Italian experience / Daniela Del Boca

chapter 12 Atypical working tune

Examples from Denmark / Ruth Emerek

chapter 13 WORKPLACE CULTURE, FAMILY-SUPPORTIVE POLICIES AND GENDER DIFFERENCES / Lis Hjgaard

part Part III RECONCILING FAMILY AND WORKING LIFE

chapter 14 CHANGING GENDER ROLES, STATE, WORK AND FAMILY LIVES / Evelyn Mahon

chapter 15 THE MODERNISATION OF MOTHERHOOD / Arnlaug Leira

chapter 16 Glass, mothers and equal opportunities to work / Evelyn Mahon

chapter 17 WORKING PARENTS

Experience from the Netherlands / Els Veenis

chapter 18 ARE FATHERS CHANGING?

Comparing some different images on sharing of childcare and domestic work / Dino Giovannini

chapter 19 Family orientation among men: a process of change in

A process of change in Sweden / Ulla Bjrnberg.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-222) and and index.

ISBN:

1-134-74133-2

1-134-74134-0

1-280-31824-4

0-203-44284-9

0-203-27740-6

9780203442845

OCLC:

560145037