Work-Family Dynamics
Competing Logics of Regulation, Economy and Morals
Published on 17. February 2017
228 pages
978-1-317-50806-9 (ISBN)
Description
Work-life integration is an increasingly hot topic in the media, social research, governments and in people's everyday lives. This volume offers a new type of lens for understanding work-family reconciliation by studying how work-family dynamics are shaped, squeezed and developed between consistent or competing logics in different societies in Europe and the US.
The three institutions of "state", "family" and "working life", and their under-explored primary logics of "regulation", "morality" and "economic competitiveness" are examined theoretically as well as empirically throughout the chapters, thus contributing to an understanding of the contemporary challenges within the field of work-family research that combines structure and culture. Particular attention is given to the ways in which the institutions are confronted with various moral norms of good parenthood or motherhood and ideals for family life. Likewise, the logic of policy regulation and gendered family moralities are challenged by the economic logic of working life, based on competition in favour of the most productive workers and organizations.
Demonstrating different aspects of what is behind and between the logics of state regulation, morals and market, this innovative volume will appeal to students, teachers and researchers interested in areas such as family studies, welfare state studies, social policy studies, work life studies as well as and gender studies.
The three institutions of "state", "family" and "working life", and their under-explored primary logics of "regulation", "morality" and "economic competitiveness" are examined theoretically as well as empirically throughout the chapters, thus contributing to an understanding of the contemporary challenges within the field of work-family research that combines structure and culture. Particular attention is given to the ways in which the institutions are confronted with various moral norms of good parenthood or motherhood and ideals for family life. Likewise, the logic of policy regulation and gendered family moralities are challenged by the economic logic of working life, based on competition in favour of the most productive workers and organizations.
Demonstrating different aspects of what is behind and between the logics of state regulation, morals and market, this innovative volume will appeal to students, teachers and researchers interested in areas such as family studies, welfare state studies, social policy studies, work life studies as well as and gender studies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
2 Tables, black and white; 7 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white
File size
2,52 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-50806-9 (9781317508069)
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Competing Logics of Regulation, Economy and Morals
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Competing Logics of Regulation, Economy and Morals
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Persons
Berit Brandth is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.
Sigtona Halrynjo (PhD Sociology) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Research in Oslo, Norway.
Elin Kvande ( Dr.polit. Sociology ) is Professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.
Sigtona Halrynjo (PhD Sociology) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Research in Oslo, Norway.
Elin Kvande ( Dr.polit. Sociology ) is Professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.
Content
Contents
List of figures and tables
Integrating work and family: Changing institutions and competing logics
Elin Kvande, Berit Brandth and Sigtona Halrynjo
Part 1 Current challenges of work-family dynamics - institutional differences
The logics of work, care and gender change in the new economy: A view from the U.S.
Kathleen Gerson
Managing work-life tensions in the neo-liberal UK
Diane Perrons
Work and family cultures: Dynamics of family change in Southern Europe
Isabella Crespi and Almudena Moreno Minguez
Fathers integrating work and childcare: Reconciling the logics?
Berit Brandth and Elin Kvande
Part 2 Gendered logics and strategies of work and parenting
When work meets childcare: The competing logics of mothering and gender equality
Kristine Warhuus Smeby
Making sense of motherhood and fatherhood: Competing moral discourses and logics of caring and work 'choices' in the UK
Tina Miller
Hidden rules and competing logics: Working fathers within organizations in Germany
Mechtild Oechsle and Sandra Beaufays
Part 3 Competing logics intensified: Careers and elite professions
Long hours and the work devotion schema: The case of executive men in the United States
Mary Blair-Loy and Stacy J. Williams
Nordic work-family regulations exported to a liberal context
Gunnhild Foss Heggem and Elin Kvande
Pregnancy as a career killer
Hege Borve
Exploring the career logic within the Nordic work-family model
Sigtona Halrynjo
List of contributors
List of figures and tables
Integrating work and family: Changing institutions and competing logics
Elin Kvande, Berit Brandth and Sigtona Halrynjo
Part 1 Current challenges of work-family dynamics - institutional differences
The logics of work, care and gender change in the new economy: A view from the U.S.
Kathleen Gerson
Managing work-life tensions in the neo-liberal UK
Diane Perrons
Work and family cultures: Dynamics of family change in Southern Europe
Isabella Crespi and Almudena Moreno Minguez
Fathers integrating work and childcare: Reconciling the logics?
Berit Brandth and Elin Kvande
Part 2 Gendered logics and strategies of work and parenting
When work meets childcare: The competing logics of mothering and gender equality
Kristine Warhuus Smeby
Making sense of motherhood and fatherhood: Competing moral discourses and logics of caring and work 'choices' in the UK
Tina Miller
Hidden rules and competing logics: Working fathers within organizations in Germany
Mechtild Oechsle and Sandra Beaufays
Part 3 Competing logics intensified: Careers and elite professions
Long hours and the work devotion schema: The case of executive men in the United States
Mary Blair-Loy and Stacy J. Williams
Nordic work-family regulations exported to a liberal context
Gunnhild Foss Heggem and Elin Kvande
Pregnancy as a career killer
Hege Borve
Exploring the career logic within the Nordic work-family model
Sigtona Halrynjo
List of contributors
