Family and Gender
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Work–Family Balance, Gender and Policy
Jane Lewis
A groundbreaking analysis of the challenges facing families and governments in the 21st century. ‘Jane Lewis is a brilliant conceptual innovator and gifted empirical analyst in the field of social policy. This book expertly illuminates...eBook:Find out more$45.60
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Family and the Welfare State in Europe
Agnes Blome, Wolfgang Keck, Jens Alber
‘Most European countries are experiencing a dramatic demographic shift. A combination of falling birthrates and rising life expectancy leads to a significant aging of societies. The authors analyze how the state and the family shape gene...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Women and Employment
Edited by Jacqueline Scott, Shirley Dex, Heather Joshi
‘This excellent collection deserves to be read, and from cover to cover. . . all the contributions focus on the UK situation over the past 25 years, although some offer comparative exemplars and analysis. This national focus makes this c...eBook:Find out more$56.80
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When Marriage Ends
Edited by Hans-Jürgen Andreß, Dina Hummelsheim
‘This is a double-faced book, which should be read by everybody who is concerned about the societal effects of divorce. It shows that divorce has negative economic and social consequences, not only in the Anglo-Saxon countries, but also ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Moving People and Knowledge
Louise Ackers, Bryony Gill
‘This book makes a timely contribution to understanding the circulation of scientific knowledge via international mobility. It skillfully combines an analysis of structural and institutional changes, with a focus on individual circumstan...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Families, Ageing and Social Policy
Edited by Chiara Saraceno
‘Families, Ageing and Social Policy is unique in that it uses a generational lens – at the micro-level of individual family members and at the macro-level of cohorts – as a mechanism for capturing the relational dynamics of lives at diff...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Children, Changing Families and Welfare States
Edited by Jane Lewis
‘As welfare states grow up, they begin to think more carefully about their future. Jane Lewis is showing them how best to do so. This stellar collection of articles by top European scholars combines creative thinking about the new social...eBook:Find out more$49.60
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Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Careers
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Heather Hofmeister
Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Careers assesses the effects of globalization on the life courses of women in thirteen countries across Europe and America in the second half of the 20th century. The book represents the first-ever...eBook:Find out more$65.60
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Gender Divisions and Working Time in the New Economy
Edited by Diane Perrons, Colette Fagan, Linda McDowell, Kath Ray, Kevin Ward
‘. . . the book presents leading-edge research on a variety of issues associated with work/life integration and gender equity. It will be of value to academic researchers and students of gender, employment and social trends, and its rele...eBook:Find out more$54.40
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Gender, Generation and Poverty
Sylvia Chant
‘For practitioners and students of development, and library collections on women in development or comparative development. Highly recommended.’ – J.A. Fiola, ChoiceeBook:Find out more$56.80
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Families, States and Labour Markets
Tommy Ferrarini
‘Ferrarini ambitiously unpacks the origins and operation of family policies in 18 welfare democracies over the last quarter of the 20th century. He does so to discover not only how policies evolved by how they impact individuals in these...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics
Edited by Barbara Hobson, Jane Lewis, Birte Siim
‘Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics is a significant new book. The authors take seven key concepts – care, citizenship, social exclusion, contractualism, de-commodification, representation, social capital – and explore thes...eBook:Find out more$49.60