Worklife Balance
Subtitle: The Agency and Capabilities Gap
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780199681136
Subjects: Work-life balance
Description: Across welfare societies policies and norms for work-life balance have emerged alongside rising expectations among working parents to be able to participate in employment and caregiving, and to have more time for family life and leisure. Yet despite this value placed upon work-life balance working parents face increasing work demands, as well as rising numbers of insecure and precarious jobs, both of which produce a deepening sense of economic uncertainty in everyday life. This volume considers not just what individuals do, but also their scope of alternatives to make other choices.