Husbands at Home
Domestic Economy in a Post-industrialist Society
Jane Wheelock(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-415-04669-5 (ISBN)
Description
Who does the housework when men become unemployed? Jane Wheelock discovers, contrary to sociologist's expectations, that most men are willing to share domestic labour with their working partners. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers of social science, social policy, economics, and students and professionals in community and youth work.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
illustrations, tables
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-04669-5 (9780415046695)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
List of Figures. List of Tables. Acknowledgements. PART 1: HOUSEHOLD WORK STRATEGIES IN A DE-INDUSTRIALISING ECONOMY Setting the Scene 1: The Wearside Empirical Study Chapter 1: Introduction: The household sector in total economic activity Setting the Scene 2: Changing Employment Experiences Chapter 2: The gender and spatial impact of structural economic change Setting the Scene 3: Unemployed men and Housework Chapter 3: Models of Relevance to Household Work Strategies PART 2: REARTICULATION OF THE DIVISIONS OF LABOUR: GENDER, THE FAMILY AND THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK Setting the scene 4: Changing Household Divisions of Labour Chapter 4 : Divisions of labour within the domestic economy and the process of change Setting the Scene 5: The Influence of Tradition and of the state benefit system Chapter 5: Motivations and Household work strategies: Gender, Conflict and the Family Conclusions: Monopoly capitalism, the domestic economy and the changing nature of work.