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Couples at Work
Negotiating Paid Employment, Housework and ChildcareSociology of Children and Families 1. First Edition
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46,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Bristol University Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 01.06.2025 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781529224979 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 192 |
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Beschreibungen
This book offers a unique look into how couples manage paid employment, housework and childcare. The author explores how employment structures, policies and practices intersect with individual attitudes to either reinforce or challenge gender inequalities in the domestic sphere through the ‘doing’ and ‘undoing’ of gender.
<p>1. Paid Employment and Domestic Divisions of Labour: An Introduction</p>
<p> 2. Policies and Practices</p>
<p> 3. Mothering and Paid Employment</p>
<p> 4. Fathering and Paid Employment</p>
<p> 5. Who Does the Childcare?</p>
<p> 6. Who Does the Housework?</p>
<p> 7. Conclusions</p>
<p> 2. Policies and Practices</p>
<p> 3. Mothering and Paid Employment</p>
<p> 4. Fathering and Paid Employment</p>
<p> 5. Who Does the Childcare?</p>
<p> 6. Who Does the Housework?</p>
<p> 7. Conclusions</p>
Emily Christopher is lecturer in Sociology and Policy at Aston University.
<p>•First book to focus on how UK public and private sector paid employment and allegedly family friendly policies influence how domestic divisions of labour are negotiated and continue to ensure that women take on a greater share of housework and childcare. </p>
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<p> • The only book on the market providing an in-depth analysis of how the physical and mental work of over 25 everyday housework and childcare tasks are conceptualised, measured and divided among couples.</p>
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<p> • Methodologically interesting in revisiting Andrea Doucet’s ‘household portrait’ method</p>
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<p> • The only book on the market providing an in-depth analysis of how the physical and mental work of over 25 everyday housework and childcare tasks are conceptualised, measured and divided among couples.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> • Methodologically interesting in revisiting Andrea Doucet’s ‘household portrait’ method</p>
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