Gender Divisions and Working Time in the New Economy: Changing Patterns of Work, Care and Public Policy in Europe and North America (Globalization and Welfare Series)

by Diane Perrons

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Contemporary societies are characterised by new and more flexible working patterns, new family structures and widening social divisions. This book explores how these macro-level changes affect the micro organisation of daily life, with reference to working patterns and gender divisions in Northern and Western Europe and the United States.

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Diane Perrons is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Environment and, from October 2004, Director of the Gender Institute at the London School of Economics

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Nonfiction, Sociology, Sexuality and Gender Studies
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306.3Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial Behavior - Dating, Marriage, DivorceEconomic institutions
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HD6060.65 .U5 .G46Social sciencesIndustries. Land use. LaborIndustries. Land use. LaborLabor. Work. Working classClasses of labor
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