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

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter & Hakim, Catherine (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0198280866 / ISBN 13: 9780198280866

Published by Oxford University Press, 1997

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333pp Pencil underlining in Preface and first chapter.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between Equalization and Marginalization: Women Working Part-Time in Europe and the United States of America
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198280866
• ISBN 13: 9780198280866
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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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.

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.