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Subject(s)

• Work and family—Government policy—Europe [Browse]
• Family policy—Europe [Browse]
• Women—Employment—Europe [Browse]

Related name

• Drew, Eileen P. [Browse]
• Emerek, Ruth [Browse]
• Mahon, Evelyn [Browse]

Summary note

A new and timely analysis of major changes in society within the extended European Union. Addresses the consequences of altered family forms , the restructuring of the labour markets and the conflicting demands of family and working life.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-222) and and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• chapter INTRODUCTION / Eileen Drew
• part Part I RE-CONCEPTUALISING FAMILIES
• chapter 1 RE-CONCEPTUALISING FAMILIES / Eileen Drew
• chapter 2 CHANGING FAMILY FORMS AND THE ALLOCATION OF CARING / Eileen Drew
• chapter 3 STATE POLICY AND GENDER CONTRACTS
• The Swedish experience / Yvonne Hirdman
• chapter 4 GREEK FAMILY POLICY FROM A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE / THEODOROS N.PAPADOPOULOS
• chapter 5 RECENT CHANGES IN FAMILY POLICY IN FRANCE
• Political trade-offs and economic constraints / Jeanne Fagnani
• chapter 6 PAID WORK AND CARE OF OLDER PEOPLE
• A UK perspective / Judith Phillips
• chapter 7 EMPLOYMENT AND FAMILY LIVES
• Equalities and inequalities / Julia Brannen
• part Part II RESTRUCTURING LABOUR MARKETS
• chapter 8 EMPLOYMENT, FLEXIBILITY AND GENDER / Eileen Drew
• chapter 9 PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT IN A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE / Susan McRae
• chapter 10 HOMEWORKING
• New approaches to an old problem / Sheila Rowbotham
• chapter 11 LABOUR POLICIES, ECONOMIC FLEXIBILITY AND WOMEN'S WORK
• The Italian experience / Daniela Del Boca
• chapter 12 Atypical working tune
• Examples from Denmark / Ruth Emerek
• chapter 13 WORKPLACE CULTURE, FAMILY-SUPPORTIVE POLICIES AND GENDER DIFFERENCES / Lis Hjgaard
• part Part III RECONCILING FAMILY AND WORKING LIFE
• chapter 14 CHANGING GENDER ROLES, STATE, WORK AND FAMILY LIVES / Evelyn Mahon
• chapter 15 THE MODERNISATION OF MOTHERHOOD / Arnlaug Leira
• chapter 16 Glass, mothers and equal opportunities to work / Evelyn Mahon
• chapter 17 WORKING PARENTS
• Experience from the Netherlands / Els Veenis
• chapter 18 ARE FATHERS CHANGING?
• Comparing some different images on sharing of childcare and domestic work / Dino Giovannini
• chapter 19 Family orientation among men: a process of change in
• A process of change in Sweden / Ulla Bjrnberg.

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ISBN

• 1-134-74133-2
• 1-134-74134-0
• 1-280-31824-4
• 0-203-44284-9
• 0-203-27740-6
• 9780203442845

OCLC

• 560145037
• 52162552

Doi

10.4324/9780203442845

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