Women, Men, Work and Family in Europe

  • Rosemary Crompton
  • Suzan Lewis
  • Clare Lyonette
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: The Unravelling of the ‘Male Breadwinner’ Model — and Some of its Consequences
    Rosemary Crompton, Suzan Lewis, Clare Lyonette
    Pages 1-16
  3. Evolutions and Approaches to Equitable Divisions of Paid Work and Care in Three European Countries: a Multi-level Challenge
    Richenda Gambles, Suzan Lewis, Rhona Rapoport
    Pages 17-34
  4. Social Policy in Europe: its Impact on Families and Work
    Laura den Dulk, Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes
    Pages 35-57
  5. Fertility Rates and Mothers’ Employment Behaviour in Comparative Perspective: Similarities and Differences in Six European Countries
    Jeanne Fagnani
    Pages 58-75
  6. Fertility Decline, the Postponement of Childbearing and the Increase in Childlessness in Central and Eastern Europe: a Gender Equity Approach
    Hana Hašková
    Pages 76-85
  7. Main Patterns in Attitudes to the Articulation Between Work and Family Life: a Cross-National Analysis
    Karin Wall
    Pages 86-115
  8. Occupational Class, Country and the Domestic Division of Labour
    Rosemary Crompton, Clare Lyonette
    Pages 116-132
  9. Gender, Social Class and Work-Life Balance in the New Economy
    Diane Perrons, Linda McDowell, Colette Fagan, Kath Ray, Kevin Ward
    Pages 133-151
  10. Care Capital, Stress and Satisfaction
    Anneli Anttonen, Jorma Sipilä
    Pages 152-170
  11. The Workplace as an Arena for Negotiating the Work-Family Boundary: a Case Study of Two Swedish Social Services Agencies
    Margareta Bäck-Wiklund, Lars Plantin
    Pages 171-189
  12. Women’s Occupational Patterns and Work-Family Arrangements: do National and Organisational Policies Matter?
    Maria Dores das Guerreiro, Inês Pereira
    Pages 190-209
  13. Employment, the Family and ‘Work-Life Balance’ in France
    Nicky Le Feuvre, Clotilde Lemarchant
    Pages 210-229
  14. Continuities, Change and Transformations
    Rosemary Crompton, Suzan Lewis, Clare Lyonette
    Pages 230-244
  15. Back Matter
    Pages 245-272
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About this book

Introduction

Social changes including an increase in dual-earner families, declining fertility, and growing problems of work-life 'balance' are underway as more women, particularly mothers, enter and remain in paid employment. The authors explore this in a number of European countries (Britain, France, The Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Portugal).

Keywords

Familie gender organization service social change social policy stress women

Editors and affiliations

  • Rosemary Crompton
    • 1
  • Suzan Lewis
    • 2
  • Clare Lyonette
    • 1
  1. 1.City UniversityUK
  2. 2.Middlesex UniversityUK

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