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Edited By
Janet Zollinger Giele, Brandeis University, MA, USA
Elke Holst, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin, Germany
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Advances in Life Course Research, 8
Description
Hardly any broad analyses exist to link the vast contemporary change in life patterns both to changes in women's lives (rising employment,
declining fertility, and changing use of time) and to changes in men's lives, the gender contract, and the economy, as well as to national
social policies. This book shows not only similar trends across countries but also the likely direction of future change, particularly
as related to economic growth, gender equity, and the well-being of families and children.
The first chapter, an overview by the
editors, provides a comprehensive conceptual framework for understanding how the economic, sociological, and cultural changes have produced
new individual life patterns. Succeeding chapters cover in Part I the connections between contemporary changes in lives and the changing
global economy, the changing welfare state, and the growth of personal choice; in Part II changing time use patterns of men and women;
in Part III the institutional factors in employment, child care, law, and family that affect life patterns of both sexes. The closing
chapters in Part IV focus on characteristics of individuals and occupations that support the new work and family roles.
This book
is written in non-technical language for public policy makers, students in the social sciences, journalists, and researchers who are
interested in (a) aging and life-span development; (b) cross-national comparison of child and family well-being and their implications
for government policy, social welfare programs, and the economy; and (c) women's and gender studies and gender mainstreaming
Contents
Preface - describes the origins of the book and its relation to the Berlin Conference of September 2001 (J.Z. Giele, E. Holst).
Structural
Forces that Shape Life Patterns.
New life patterns and the changing gender contract (J.Z. Giele, E. Holst). The reconfiguration of
work and employment relations in the United States at the turn of the century (M.J. Piore). Welfare regimes in relation to paid work
and care (J.C. Gornick, M.K. Meyers). Lifestyle preferences versus patriarchal values: causal and non-causal attitudes (C. Hakim).
The
Changing Demographics of Time Use.
Time, work, and family in the United States (S.M. Bianchi, M.J. Mattingly). Changing work and
life patterns: examples of new working time arrangements in the European member states (J. Plantenga). Employment options of men and
women in Europe (H. Bielenski, A. Wagner).
Institutional Factors in an International Perspective.
Labor-market structures and
women's paid work: opportunities and constraints in the Swiss labor market (M. Buchmann et al.). Work and family balance: a
new challenge for politics in France (M.-T. Letablier). The influence of European Union legislation on labor market equality for women
(S. Berghahn). The welfare state and time allocation in Sweden, Denmark, France, and Italy (J. Bonke, E. Koch-Weser).
The Role of
Individual Agency and Choice.
Publishing and the new media professions as forerunners of pioneer work and life patterns (S. Betzelt,
K. Gottschall). Economic relations between women and men: new realities and the re-interpretation of dependence (A. Sorensen). Women
and men as agents of change in their own lives (J.Z. Giele). Index.
Bibliographic & ordering Information
Hardbound, 358 pages, publication date: DEC-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-7623-1020-3
ISBN-10: 0-7623-1020-0
Imprint: JAI
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