| Between Equalization and Marginalization: Women Working Part-Time in Europe and the United States of America Contributor(s): Blossfeld, Hans-Peter (Editor), Hakim, Catherine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198280866 ISBN-13: 9780198280866 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $280.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1997 Annotation: This book provides the first comparative study of the long-term development of women's part-time work in Europe and the United States from 1950 onwards. The authors analyze a wealth of longitudinal and cross-sectional data on the work force, generating a powerful critique of the dominant theories that part-time work equalizes women's position vis a vis full-time workers or leaves women in part-time jobs wholly marginalized. Instead, the study asserts, women's increasing part-time employment in modern societies must be examined in the context of the sexual division of labor within the family. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Social Science | Demography - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 331.425 |
| LCCN: 97008953 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.52" W x 9.46" (1.56 lbs) 354 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This book provides the first comparative study of the long-term development of women's part-time work in Europe and the United States from 1950 onwards. The authors analyze a wealth of longitudinal and cross-sectional data on the work force, generating a powerful critique of the dominant theories that part-time work equalizes women's position vis à vis full-time workers or leaves women in part-time jobs wholly marginalized. Instead, the study asserts, women's increasing part-time employment in modern societies must be examined in the context of the sexual division of labor within the family. |