Family and Gender
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Couples' Transitions to Parenthood
Edited by Daniela Grunow, Marie Evertsson
It is common for European couples living fairly egalitarian lives to adopt a traditional division of labour at the transition to parenthood. Based on in-depth interviews with 334 parents-to-be in eight European countries, this book explo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Changing Family Dynamics and Demographic Evolution
Edited by Dimitri Mortelmans, Koenraad Matthijs, Elisabeth Alofs, Barbara Segaert
Whether considered from an American or a European perspective, the past four decades have seen family life become increasingly complex. Changing Family Dynamics and Demographic Evolution examines the various stages of change through the ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Coaching for Women Entrepreneurs
Carianne M. Hunt, Sandra L. Fielden
This is the first book to present a comprehensive understanding of the role of coaching in developing women entrepreneurs. It provides a theoretical background and explores the distinctive challenges facing this group before discussing t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Flourishing in Life, Work and Careers
Edited by Ronald J. Burke, Kathryn M. Page, Cary Cooper
Happiness in one aspect of our life can positively impact upon our satisfaction within other domains of our life. The opposite also rings true. Today’s generation of working people have often been called the generation who want it all. B...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Gender, Development and Disasters
Sarah Bradshaw
Sarah Bradshaw critically examines key notions, such as gender, vulnerability, risk, and humanitarianism, underpinning development and disaster discourse. Case studies are used to demonstrate how disasters are experienced individually an...eBook:Find out more$28.76
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Gendered Lives
Edited by Jacqueline Scott, Shirley Dex, Anke C. Plagnol
The focus of the book is on inequalities in production and reproductive activities, as played out over time and in specific contexts. It examines the different forms that gendered lives take in the household and the workplace, and explor...eBook:Find out more$43.16
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The Costs of Children
Edited by David G. Mayes, Mark Thomson
The expert contributors provide an assessment of how countries can handle the fair allocation of the costs of childcare. They look at the experience within Europe in recent years and show in particular how these interrelate with the obje...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Women, Gender and Rural Development in China
Edited by Tamara Jacka, Sally Sargeson
This multidisciplinary book explores gender politics in the discourses and practices of development in rural China. The contributors – scholars in political science, anthropology, gender, development and Chinese studies – examine how dif...eBook:Find out more$43.16
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Families, Care-giving and Paid Work
Edited by Nicole Busby, Grace James
This unique selection of chapters brings together researchers from a variety of academic disciplines to explore aspects of law’s engagement with working families. It connects academic debate with policy proposals through an integrated se...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Welfare States and Public Opinion
Claus Wendt, Monika Mischke, Michaela Pfeifer
Welfare States and Public Opinion comprises an informed inquiry into three fields of social policy – health policy, family policy, and unemployment benefits and social assistance. Though the analyses stem from research spanning fifteen c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century
Edited by Jacqueline Scott, Rosemary Crompton, Clare Lyonette
Both women and men strive to achieve a work and family balance, but does this imply more or less equality? Does the persistence of gender and class inequalities refute the notion that lives are becoming more individualised? Leading inter...eBook:Find out more$43.16
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Work–Family Balance, Gender and Policy
Jane Lewis
This important book looks at the three main components of work–family policy packages – childcare services, flexible working patterns and entitlements to leave from work in order to care – across EU15 Member States, with comparative ref...eBook:Find out more$47.96
