Ways of living
Subtitle: work, community and lifestyle choice
By: edited by Paul Blyton ... [et al.].
Contributors: Blyton, Paul.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230202283
Subjects: Decision making; Decision making -- Social aspects; Social groups; Lifestyles
Description: "A new look at the ways in which individual decisions are shaped by the different social contexts in which individuals are located - their communities and workplaces. This book examines the influence of different types of social networks on individual choices and the ways in which patterns of paid work shapes people's broader lives"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Re-conceptualising lifestyle; title: P. Blyton, B. Blunsdon, K. Reed and A. Dastmalchian* Understanding lifestyles through time use analysis; title: G. Cucumel and K. Reed * Cultural influences on life choices; title: Hayat * Neighbourhoods and Personal Communities; title: B. Blunsdon and N. McNeil* To downshift or not to downshift? Why people make and dont make decisions to change their lives; title: C. Goulding * Sustainability issues and lifestyle change; title: S. McEachern and J. Lowe * Work, work orientations and life satisfaction; P. Blyton * Corporate contributions to better health; title: A. Dastmalchian * Ways of life after redundancy: anatomy of a community following factory closure; title: J. Jenkins * When work becomes leisure and leisure becomes work: insights from software developers; title: L. Thynne * Designing well-being; title: C. Steinke * Getting a life: Career and social dimensions of the identities of young professionals; title: T. Castleman, D. Coultard and R. Reed Introduction: Re-conceptualising lifestyle; title: P. Blyton, B. Blunsdon, K. Reed and A. Dastmalchian* Understanding lifestyles through time use analysis; title: G. Cucumel and K. Reed * Cultural influences on life choices; title: Hayat * Neighbourhoods and Personal Communities; title: B. Blunsdon and N. McNeil* To downshift or not to downshift? Why people make and dont make decisions to change their lives; title: C. Goulding * Sustainability issues and lifestyle change; title: S. McEachern and J. Lowe * Work, work orientations and life satisfaction; P. Blyton * Corporate contributions to better health; title: A. Dastmalchian * Ways of life after redundancy: anatomy of a community following factory closure; title: J. Jenkins * When work becomes leisure and leisure becomes work: insights from software developers; title: L. Thynne * Designing well-being; title: C. Steinke * Getting a life: Career and social dimensions of the identities of young professionals; title: T. Castleman, D. Coultard and R. Reed.