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Women, Men, Work and Family in Europe

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Editors:
  1. Rosemary Crompton

    1. City University, UK

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  2. Suzan Lewis

    1. Middlesex University, UK

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  3. Clare Lyonette

    1. City University, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: The Unravelling of the ‘Male Breadwinner’ Model — and Some of its Consequences

    • Rosemary Crompton, Suzan Lewis, Clare Lyonette
    Pages 1-16

  3. Evolutions and Approaches to Equitable Divisions of Paid Work and Care in Three European Countries: a Multi-level Challenge

    • Richenda Gambles, Suzan Lewis, Rhona Rapoport
    Pages 17-34

  4. Social Policy in Europe: its Impact on Families and Work

    • Laura den Dulk, Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes
    Pages 35-57

  5. Fertility Rates and Mothers’ Employment Behaviour in Comparative Perspective: Similarities and Differences in Six European Countries

    • Jeanne Fagnani
    Pages 58-75

  6. Fertility Decline, the Postponement of Childbearing and the Increase in Childlessness in Central and Eastern Europe: a Gender Equity Approach

    • Hana HaÅ¡ková
    Pages 76-85

  7. Main Patterns in Attitudes to the Articulation Between Work and Family Life: a Cross-National Analysis

    • Karin Wall
    Pages 86-115

  8. Occupational Class, Country and the Domestic Division of Labour

    • Rosemary Crompton, Clare Lyonette
    Pages 116-132

  9. Gender, Social Class and Work-Life Balance in the New Economy

    • Diane Perrons, Linda McDowell, Colette Fagan, Kath Ray, Kevin Ward
    Pages 133-151

  10. Care Capital, Stress and Satisfaction

    • Anneli Anttonen, Jorma Sipilä
    Pages 152-170

  11. The Workplace as an Arena for Negotiating the Work-Family Boundary: a Case Study of Two Swedish Social Services Agencies

    • Margareta Bäck-Wiklund, Lars Plantin
    Pages 171-189

  12. Women’s Occupational Patterns and Work-Family Arrangements: do National and Organisational Policies Matter?

    • Maria Dores das Guerreiro, Inês Pereira
    Pages 190-209

  13. Employment, the Family and ‘Work-Life Balance’ in France

    • Nicky Le Feuvre, Clotilde Lemarchant
    Pages 210-229

  14. Continuities, Change and Transformations

    • Rosemary Crompton, Suzan Lewis, Clare Lyonette
    Pages 230-244

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 245-272
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About this book

Social changes including an increase in dual-earner families, declining fertility, and growing problems of work-life 'balance' are underway as more women, particularly mothers, enter and remain in paid employment. The authors explore this in a number of European countries (Britain, France, The Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Portugal).    

Reviews

'... as a smorgasbord of research on work, gender and family life, this table is tantalisingly laden.' - Gender in Management

'...this is a book that moves analysis and knowledge of the work/family balance forward. It is one that should be in the collection of specialists' - Mary Daly, British Journal of Industrial Relations

'...the methodological approach is rich: from original survey data to qualitative evidence; from macro cross-sectional trends to micro snapshots of experiences within specific employing organisations; from a focus on social policy to a focus on individual attitudes.' - INTAMS Journal for the Study of Marriage and Spirituality  

   

Editors and Affiliations

  • City University, UK

    Rosemary Crompton, Clare Lyonette

  • Middlesex University, UK

    Suzan Lewis

About the editors

ANNELI ANTTONEN is in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Tampere, Finland MARGARET BÄCK-WIKLUND is at Göteborg University, Department of Social Work, Göteborg, Sweden MARIE CERMAKOVA is at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic MARIA DAS DORES GUERREIRO is at ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal LAURA DEN DULK is at University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands COLETTE FAGAN is Senior lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. JEANNE FAGNANI is Director of Research, CNRS, University of Paris, France RICHENDA GAMBLES is in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford, UK HANA HASKOVA is at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic NICKY LE FEUVRE is at Maison de la Recherche, University of Toulouse - Le Mirail, France CLOTILDE LEMARCHANT is in the Department of Sociology, University of Caen, France LINDA MCDOWELL is Professor of Human Geography Professorial Fellow, St John's College, Oxford, UK INÊS PEREIRA is at ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal DIANE PERRONS is Director of LSE Gender Group, London School of Economics, London, UK LARS PLANTIN is Researcher, Department of Social Work, University of Gotenborg, Sweden RHONA RAPOPORT is Director, Institute of Family and Environmental Research, London, UK KATH RAY is Research Fellow, Policy Studies Institute, London, UK JORMA SIPILÄ is in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Tampere, Finland ANNEKE VAN DOORNE-HUISKES is at University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands KEVIN WARD is Senior lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. KARIN WALL is at the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal    

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