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

由黛安娜阶石编辑、导演、性别研究所e and Reader in Economic Geography and Gender Studies, London School of Economics, Colette Fagan, former Co-Director, European Work and Employment Research Centre and Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester, Linda McDowell, Professor of Human Geography, School of Geography, University of Oxford and Professorial Fellow, St John’s College, Kath Ray, Research Fellow, Policy Studies Institute, London and Kevin Ward, Reader in Geography, University of Manchester, UK

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.

‘. . . the book presents leading-edge research on a variety of issues associated with work/life integration and gender equity. It will be of value to academic researchers and students of gender, employment and social trends, and its release in paperback should extend its accessibility.’
– British Journal of Industrial Relations

‘. . . this collection makes an important contribution to the literature on women’s employment and to comparative social policy. It will be informative for graduates and researchers – and compulsory reading for policymakers.’
– Judith Glover, Social Policy and Administration

‘This edited collection adds significantly to our understanding of work–life balance in the new economy. . . The recognition that analyses of the new economy must extend below the level of the nation-state and beyond the workplace may well be the book’s most important contribution.’
– Valerie Preston, Economic Geography