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Work - Family Balance, Gender and Policy

Hardcover • 2009 • English

Work - Family Balance, Gender and Policy

By Jane Lewis

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About the book

WORK-FAMILY BALANCE, GENDER AND POLICY Based on multiple comparative as well as UK sources, this new book by one of the most well-known European social scientists unravels the multiple dimensions and relationships involved in balancing family and paid work demands. Jane Lewis documents persisting, and even increasing cross-country differences. Notwithstanding these, work-family reconciliation policies are more concerned with allowing women to combine paid work and family care than with redistri...Show more

Family life fiction
Sociology: family and relationships
Family law

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ISBN

9781848442115

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Work - Family Balance, Gender and Policy

Format

Hardcover

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