Between Equalization and Marginalization: Women Working Part-Time in Europe and the United States of America - Hardcover

 
9780198280866: Between Equalization and Marginalization: Women Working Part-Time in Europe and the United States of America
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198280866 ISBN 13: 9780198280866
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1997

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Hans-Peter Blossfeld is a Professor of Sociology and Social Statistics at University of Bremen. Catherine Hakim is a Senior Research Fellow, Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198280866
ISBN 13 
9780198280866
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
354
Editor
Blossfeld Hans-Peter, Hakim Catherine