| Description |
xx, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: A Comparative Perspective on Part-Time Work / Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Catherine Hakim -- 2. A Sociological Perspective on Part-Time Work / Catherine Hakim -- 3. Part-Time Work in Central and Eastern European Countries / Sonja Drobnic -- 4. Full-Time and Part-Time Employment of Women in Greece: Trends and Relationships with Life-Cycle Events / Haris Symeonidou -- 5. Part-Time Work in Italy / Tindara Addabbo -- 6. The Family Cycle and the Growth of Part-Time Female Employment in France: Boon or Doom? / Laurence Coutrot, Irene Fournier and Annick Kieffer [et al.] -- 7. Part-Time Work in West Germany / Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Gotz Rohwer -- 8. Female Labour-Market Participation in the Netherlands: Developments in the Relationship between Family Cycle and Employment / Paul De Graaf and Hedwig Vermeulen -- 9. Part-Time Work among British Women / Brendan J. Burchell, Angela Dale and Heather Joshi |
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10. Women's Employment and Part-Time Work in Denmark / Soren Leth-Sorensen and Gotz Rohwer -- 11. Managing Work and Children: Part-Time Work and the Family Cycle of Swedish Women / Marianne Sundstrom -- 12. Part-Time Work in the United States of America / Sonja Drobnic and Immo Wittig -- 13. Women's Part-Time Employment and the Family Cycle: A Cross-National Comparison / Hans-Peter Blossfeld |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Part-time employment -- Europe.
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Part-time employment -- United States.
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Sexual division of labor -- Europe.
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Sexual division of labor -- United States.
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Women -- Employment -- Europe.
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Women -- Employment -- United States.
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Work and family -- Europe.
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Work and family -- United States.
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| Author |
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter.
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Hakim, Catherine.
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| LC no. |
97008953 |
| ISBN |
0198280866 (hc) |
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