Employment and the family : the reconfiguration of work and family life in contemporary societies / Rosemary Crompton.

By:

Crompton, Rosemary

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 244 pages) : tablesContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511168616
0511169043
9780511169045
0511168144
9780511168147
9780521840910
0521840910
9780521600750
0521600758
0511167598
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9780511168611
9786610436903
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9780511488962
0511488963
9780511312410
0511312415
1107151325
9781107151321
1280436905
9781280436901

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Employment and the family.DDC classification:

306.3/6 22

LOC classification:

HD4904.25 .C76 2006eb

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MS 1900

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Understanding change in employment, family and gender relations; 2 Caring and working; 3 Women, men, organisations and careers; 4 Work-life articulation, working hours and work-life policies; 5 States, families and work-life articulation; 6 Households, domestic work, market work and happiness; 7 Class, family choices and women's employment; Conclusions; Appendix A Additional ISSP Family 2002 questions funded via ESRC: R000239727: 'Employment and the Family'; Appendix B Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) interviewees cited; Bibliography.

Summary: The employment of women, particularly mothers, is now accepted as a 'fact of modern life'. This book examines the origins and background of this radical shift in the gendered division of labour and relates it to contemporary changes in both employment and family life with which it is inter-twined.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The employment of women, particularly mothers, is now accepted as a 'fact of modern life'. This book examines the origins and background of this radical shift in the gendered division of labour and relates it to contemporary changes in both employment and family life with which it is inter-twined.