The Time Divide
Work, Family, and Gender Inequality
Published on 1. July 2009
272 pages
978-0-674-03904-9 (ISBN)
Description
The authors explain why and how time pressures have emerged and what we can do to alleviate them. In contrast to conventional wisdom that all Americans are overworked, they show that time has become a form of social inequality that is dividing Americans in new ways-between overworked and underemployed, women and men, parents and non-parents.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-03904-9 (9780674039049)
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Persons
Jerry Jacobs is Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. Kathleen Gerson is Professor of Sociology, New York University.
Content
PART I: TRENDS IN WORK, FAMILY, AND LEISURE TIME 1 Overworked Americans or the Growth of Leisure? 2 Working Time from the Perspective of Families PART II: INTEGRATING WORK AND FAMILY LIFE 3 Do Americans Feel Overworked? 4 How Work Spills Over into Life 5 The Structure and Culture of Work PART III: WORK, FAMILY, AND SOCIAL POLICY 6 American Workers in Cross-National Perspective With Janet C. Gornick 7 Bridging the Time Divide 8 Where Do We Go from Here? Appendix: Supplementary Tables Notes References Index
