Women, Work and the Family in Europe

ISBN-13: 9780415153515 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 248 str.

Eileen Drew; Ruth Emerek; Evelyn Mahon

Opis

This text provides an analysis of major changes in society within the extended European Union, addressing the consequences of altered family forms, the restructuring of labour markets and the conflicting demands of family and working life. As well as providing an up-to-date survey of many of the current areas of debate across Europe, the book also reviews developments and initiatives being made in an attempt to reconcile men and women's roles in the family and at work.

Spis treści

Secton 1: Re-conceptualising Families 1. Re-conceptualising Families 2. Changing family forms and the allocation of caring 3. State policy and gender contracts: The Swedish experience 4. Greek family policy from a comparative perspective 5. Recent changes in family policy in France 6. Paid work and care of older people: A UK perspective 7. Employment and family lives Secton II: Restructuring Labour Markets 8. Flexibility, Employment and Gender 9. Part-time working in a European perspective 10. Home working 11. Labour politics, economic flexibility and women's work: The Italian experience 12. A/Typical working time: Examples from Denmark 13. Workplace culture, family-supportive policies and gender differences Section III: Reconciling family and working life 14. Changing gender roles, state, work and family lives 15. The modernisation of motherhood 16. Class, mothers and equal opportunities to work 17. Working parents: Experience from the Netherlands 18. Are fathers changing? 19. Family orientation among men

O autorze

Eileen Drew, Ruth Emerek, Evelyn Mahon