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Changing life patterns in Western industrial societies / edited by Janet Zollinger Giele, Elke Holst.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Advances in life course research ; v. 8.
- Advances in life course research ; v. 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex role--Developed countries--Congresses.
- Sex role.
- Women--Employment--Developed countries--Congresses.
- Women.
- Social change--Developed countries--Congresses.
- Social change.
- Quality of life--Developed countries--Congresses.
- Quality of life.
- Industrial sociology--Developed countries--Congresses.
- Industrial sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (357 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; London : JAI, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies
- Contents:
- Front Cover; TOCCONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: CHANGING LIFE PATTERNS IN WESTERN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES; PART I: STRUCTURAL FORCES THAT SHAPE LIFE PATTERNS; CHCHAPTER 1. NEW LIFE PATTERNS AND CHANGING GENDER ROLES; CHCHAPTER 2. THE RECONFIGURATION OF WORK AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY; CHCHAPTER 3. WELFARE REGIMES IN RELATION TO PAID WORK AND CARE; CHCHAPTER 4. LIFESTYLE PREFERENCES VERSUS PATRIARCHAL VALUES: CAUSAL AND NON-CAUSAL ATTITUDES; PART II: THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF TIME USE
- CHCHAPTER 5. TIME, WORK, AND FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATESCHCHAPTER 6. CHANGING WORK AND LIFE PATTERNS: EXAMPLES OF NEW WORKING-TIME ARRANGEMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN MEMBER STATES; CHCHAPTER 7. EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN IN EUROPE; PART III: INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS IN AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE; CHCHAPTER 8. LABOR-MARKET STRUCTURES AND WOMEN'S PAID WORK: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS IN THE SWISS LABOR MARKET; CHCHAPTER 9. WORK AND FAMILY BALANCE: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR POLICIES IN FRANCE; CHCHAPTER 10. THE INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN UNION LEGISLATION ON LABOUR MARKET EQUALITY FOR WOMEN
- CHCHAPTER 11. THE WELFARE STATE AND TIME ALLOCATION IN SWEDEN, DENMARK, FRANCE, AND ITALYPART IV: THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL AGENCY AND CHOICE; CHCHAPTER 12. PUBLISHING AND THE NEW MEDIA PROFESSIONS AS FORERUNNERS OF PIONEER WORK AND LIFE PATTERNS; CHCHAPTER 13. ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN: NEW REALITIES AND THE RE-INTERPRETATION OF DEPENDENCE; CHCHAPTER 14. WOMEN AND MEN AS AGENTS OF CHANGE IN THEIR OWN LIVES; AUTHOR INDEX; IDXSUBJECT INDEX
- Notes:
- Selected conference papers.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-02673-5
- 9786611026738
- 0-08-054514-9
- OCLC:
- 476075830
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