Gender divisions and working time in the new economy
Subtitle: changing patterns of work, care and public policy in Europe and North America
By: edited by Diane Perrons ... [et al.].
Contributors: Perrons, Diane.
Series: Globalization and welfare
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Northampton, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Sexual division of labor -- United States.; Sexual division of labor -- Europe.; Hours of labor -- United States.; Hours of labor -- Europe.; Work and family -- United States.; Work and family -- Europe.; United States -- Economic conditions.; Europe -- Economic conditions.
Description: "Contemporary societies are characterised by new and more flexible working patterns, new family structures and widening social divisions. This book explores how macro-level changes affect the micro organisation of daily life, with reference to working patterns and gender division in Northern and Western Europe and the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.