Women's employment is on the increase throughout Europe, and more women are going into managerial and professional occupations. This book investigates women's employment in Europe and explores the limits of structural change and development. It seeks to evolve a new framework for the examination of the changing mosaic of employment, family lives, and gender relations in contemporary Europe.

This text looks at the underlying trends which generate pressures towards a fundamental reshaping of social institutions in three ways: changes in the organization of production, particularly those associated with the growth of service dominated economies; the effects of technological change, particularly those associated with information technology; and the erosion of the male breadwinner (or single earner) model of employment and household. These trends have resulted in strains and ruptures in the organization and regulation of employment and related institutions including trade unions,...

During the last two decades there has been widespread evidence of change in specific aspects of employing organizations, employment and employment related institutions.
Changing Forms of Employment looks at the underlying trends which generate pressures towards a fundamental reshaping of social institutions in three ways: changes in the organization of production, particularly those associated with the growth of service dominated economics; the effects of technological change, particularly those associated with Information Technology; the erosion of the 'male breadwinner' (or...

This collection advances contemporary debates in class analysis by offering a range of new empirical research on emergent forms of social stratification and by re-thinking the intersection between economic change, social polarisation and the remaking of class relations.

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).

Examines the gendered division of labour and how it relates to contemporary employment and family life.

This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the issues involved in the relation between gender and stratification, making it an invaluable text for women's studies.

Inequality in its many forms is becoming an ever greater problem in modern society. The revised edition of this popular book explains why it is so important to understand class and stratification, and how the tools used to analyse these divisions can help us to understand and confront problems of inequality.

This third edition of Class and Stratification has been extensively revised, expanded and updated, incorporating discussions of contemporary economic and social change. It includes discussions of political and economic neoliberalism and its impacts as well as developments in...

With the increase in mothers' employment both the government and many employers are promoting flexible working policies to improve work-life 'balance'. This report considers the effects of these changes on the lives of both women and men. It examines three employment sectors in detail - banking, grocery retail and local authorities.Drawing on the views of employees themselves, the report: . vbTab]assesses the impact of employment breaks and part-time working on the careers of women and men;. vbTab]evaluates the effectiveness of work-life balance policies;. vbTab]explores organisational...

This volume contributes to our understanding of the complexities which shape attitudes and behaviour at work.