Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies
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Table of contents
- Front CoverCover
- CONTENTSv
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORSix
- FOREWORDxi
- PREFACExiii
- INTRODUCTION: CHANGING LIFE PATTERNS IN WESTERN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIESxv
- PART I: STRUCTURAL FORCES THAT SHAPE LIFE PATTERNS1
- CHAPTER 1. NEW LIFE PATTERNS AND CHANGING GENDER ROLES3
- CHAPTER 2. THE RECONFIGURATION OF WORK AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TURN OF23
- CHAPTER 3. WELFARE REGIMES IN RELATION TO PAID WORK AND CARE45
- CHAPTER 4. LIFESTYLE PREFERENCES VERSUS PATRIARCHAL VALUES: CAUSAL AND NON-CAUSAL ATTITUDES69
- PART II: THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF TIME USE93
- CHAPTER 5. TIME, WORK, AND FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES95
- CHAPTER 6. CHANGING WORK AND LIFE PATTERNS: EXAMPLES OF NEW WORKING-TIME ARRANGEMENTS IN THE EUROPEA119
- CHAPTER 7. EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN IN EUROPE137
- PART III: INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS IN AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE163
- CHAPTER 8. LABOR-MARKET STRUCTURES AND WOMEN’S PAID WORK: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS IN THE SWI165
- CHAPTER 9. WORK AND FAMILY BALANCE: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR POLICIES IN FRANCE189
- CHAPTER 10. THE INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN UNION LEGISLATION ON LABOUR MARKET EQUALITY FOR WOMEN211
- CHAPTER 11. THE WELFARE STATE AND TIME ALLOCATION IN SWEDEN, DENMARK, FRANCE, AND ITALY231
- PART IV: THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL AGENCY AND CHOICE255
- CHAPTER 12. PUBLISHING AND THE NEW MEDIA PROFESSIONS AS FORERUNNERS OF PIONEER WORK AND LIFE PATTERN257
- CHAPTER 13. ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN: NEW REALITIES AND THE RE-INTERPRETATION OF DEP281
- CHAPTER 14. WOMEN AND MEN AS AGENTS OF CHANGE IN THEIR OWN LIVES299
- AUTHOR INDEX319
- SUBJECT INDEX325
Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies