Barbara (Hrsg.) Hobson

Worklife Balance

The Agency and Capabilities Gap

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Across welfare societies we have seen the emergence of policies and norms for work-life balance alongside rising expectations among working parents to be able to participate in employment and caregiving, and to have more time for family life and leisure. Yet despite this value placed upon work-life balance, working parents face increasing work demands, as well as rising numbers of insecure and precarious jobs, both of which produce a deepening sense of economicuncertainty in everyday life, which has been intensified in the current period of financial crises. The agency and capabilities gap addresses these tensions in work-life balance within… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-150312-2
EAN: 9780191503122
Produktnummer: 16977735
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 2'132 KB
Abbildungen: 16 Figures, 17 Tables

Über den Autor

Barbara Hobson holds a professor's chair in Sociology, with a specialization in comparative gender studies at Stockholm University. She has published many books and articles on gender and welfare states concerning themes of gender and citizenship, men and social politics, and social movements and gender diversity in welfare states. Her recent publications have focused on sociological applications of the capabilities approach, including articles on fertility andfathers and work-life balance. She has been Strand Coordinator for the EC FP6 Network of Excellence 'Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe' (RECWOWE, 2007-11). She is founder and co-editor of the journal Social Politics published by Oxford University Press.