Part-Time Prospects: An International Comparison of Part-Time Work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim

O'Reilly, Jacqueline (Editor)/ Fagan, Colette (Editor)

ISBN 10: 041515670X / ISBN 13: 9780415156707

Published by Routledge, 1998

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1st edition. 308 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Part-Time Prospects: An International Comparison of Part-Time Work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041515670X
• ISBN 13: 9780415156707
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.56 kilograms

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Synopsis

The book presents for the first time a systematically comparative analysis of the common and divergent patterns in the use of part-time work in Europe, America and the Pacific Rim.

About the Author

Jacqueline O’Reilly is Senior Research Fellow at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung and also teaches at the Royal Holloway School of Management, London University. She is currently co-ordinating a comparative research programme on employment in Europe funded by the Targeted Socio[1]Economic Research Programme from DGXII of the European Commission. Colette Fagan is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool and an Honorary Research Fellow at the European Work and Employment Centre, at UMIST. Her research focuses on gender relations in labour markets, working time and the organisation of domestic life, with a particular interest in international comparisons.