Gender Divisions and Working Time in the New Economy

Edited by Diane Perrons, Director, Gender Institute 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, Head of Research Learning and Work Institute and Kevin Ward, Reader in Geography, University of Manchester, UK

• Contents: 1. Introduction: Work, Life and Time in the New Economy Diane Perrons, Linda McDowell, Colette Fagan, Kath Ray and Kevin WardPart I: Social and Spatial Divisions and Work–Life Management in the New Economy 2. Work Intensification in the UK Brendan Burchell3. Employment in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for the Family Harriet B. Presser4. Enterprising Women: Remaking Gendered Networks on Wall Street in the New Economy Melissa FisherPart II: Work, Time and the Work–Life Balance 5. The French 35-Hour Working Law and the Work–Life Balance of Parents: Friend or Foe? Jeanne Fagnani and Marie Thérèse Letablier6. Economic Crisis and the Sustainability of the Dual-Earner, Dual-Carer ModelAnita Nyberg7. Class, Gender and Work–Life Articulation Rosemary Crompton and Michaela BrockmannPart III: Work, Life and the Household 8. Mothers’ Work–Life Balance: Individualized Preferences or Cultural Construction? Simon Duncan9. Care Politics for Fathers in a Flexible Time Culture Berit Brandth and Elin Kvande10. Individualization and ‘Identity-Risks’ in Dual-Career Households Irene Hardill and Joost van LoonPart IV: Work, Time and Urban Services 11. E-enabled Active Welfare: Creating the Context for Work–Life Balance Sarah Walsh, Susan Baines and James Cornford12. Local Time Policies in Europe Jean-Yves Boulin13. Developing Positive Flexibility for Employees: The British Trade Union Approach Jo Morris and Jane PillingerPart V: Equality Policies in the New Economy 14. Promoting Equality in the Private and Public Sectors Teresa Rees15. Equal Opportunity and Unwarranted Pay Differences. A Case Study of Gender-Related Pay Differences in a Knowledge-based Society Lena Gonäs, Ann Bergman and Kerstin Rosenberg16. Conclusion: Work, Life and Time in the New EconomyDiane Perrons, Colette Fagan, Linda McDowell, Kath Ray and Kevin WardBibliography Index

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