Women, Men, Work and Family in Europe [Hardcover]

Social changes including an increase in dual-earner families, declining fertility, and growing problems of work-life 'balance' are underway as more women, particularly mothers, enter and remain in paid employment. The authors explore this in a number of European countries (Britain, France, The Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Portugal).        

'... as a smorgasbord of research on work, gender and family life, this table is tantalisingly laden.' - Gender in Management

'...this is a book that moves analysis and knowledge of the work/family balance forward. It is one that should be in the collection of specialists' - Mary Daly, British Journal of Industrial Relations

'...the methodological approach is rich: from original survey data to qualitative evidence; from macro cross-sectional trends to micro snapshots of experiences within specific employing organisations; from a focus on social policy to a focus on individual attitudes.' - INTAMS Journal for the Study of Marriage and Spirituality  

ANNELI ANTTONEN is in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Tampere, Finland MARGARET B?CK-WIKLUND is at G?teborg University, Department of Social Work, G?teborg, Sweden MARIE CERMAKOVA is at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic MARIA DAS DORES GUERREIRO is at ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal LAURA DEN DULK is at University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands COLETTE FAGAN is Senior lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. JEANNE FAGNANI is Director of Research, CNRS, University of Paris, France RICHENDA GAMBLES is in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford, UK HANA HASKOVA is at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic NICKY LE FEUVRE is at Maison de la RecherclÐ