Women, Men, Work and Family in Europe

ROSEMARY CROMPTON is Professor of Sociology at City University, London UK. SUZAN LEWIS is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Middlesex University, UK. She co-ordinated a recently completed EU Framework Five project, Gender, Parenthood and the Changing Workplace (Transitions) and is a partner in a new EU project on Quality of Life in a Changing Europe. CLARE LYONETTE is a Research Officer at City University, London, UK. Rosemary and Clare are currently working on a project in the ESRC Gender Network which involves both qualitative and quantitative methods to map the

• Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Unravelling of the 'Male Breadwinner' Model - and Some of its Consequences; R.Crompton, S.Lewis & C.Lyonette Evolutions and Approaches to Equitable Divisions of Paid Work and Care in Three European Countries: A Multi-Level Challenge; R.Gambles, S.Lewis & R.Rapoport Social Policy in Europe: Its Impact on Families and Work; L.Den Dulk & A.Van Doorne-Huiskes Fertility Rates and Mothers' Employment Behaviour in Comparative Perspective: Similarities and Differences in Six European Countries; J.Fagnani Fertility Decline, The Postponement of Childbearing and the Increase in Childlessness in Central and Eastern Europe: A Gender Equity Approach; H.Haskova Main Patterns in Attitudes to the Articulation Between Work and Family Life: A Cross-National Analysis; K.Wall Occupational Class, Country and the Domestic Division of Labour; R.Crompton & C.Lyonette Gender, Social Class and Work-Life Balance in the New Economy; D.Perrons, L.Mcdowell, C.Fagan, K.Ray & K.Ward Care Capital, Stress and Satisfaction; A.Anttonen& J.Sipilä The Workplace as an Arena for Negotiating the Work-Family Boundary: A Case Study of Two Swedish Social Services Agencies; M.Bäck-Wiklund & L.Plantin Women's Occupational Patterns and Work-Family Arrangements: Do National and Organisational Policies Matter?; M.Das Dores Guerreiro & I.Pereira Employment, The Family and 'Work-Life Balance' in France; N.Le Feuvre & C.Lemarchant Continuities, Change and Transformations; R.Crompton, S.Lewis & C.Lyonette Bibliography Index

'... as a smorgasbord of research on work, gender and family life, this table is tantalisingly laden.' - Gender in Management '...this is a book that moves analysis and knowledge of the work/family balance forward. It is one that should be in the collection of specialists' - Mary Daly, British Journal of Industrial Relations '...the methodological approach is rich: from original survey data to qualitative evidence; from macro cross-sectional trends to micro snapshots of experiences within specific employing organisations; from a focus on social policy to a focus on individual attitudes.' - INTAMS Journal for the Study of Marriage and Spirituality