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Author:   Hans-Peter Blossfeld (, Professor of Sociology, Bielefeld University) ,  Sonja Drobnic (, Assistant Professor, Institute for Empirical and Applied Sociology, University of Bremen)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.722kg
ISBN:  

9780199244911

ISBN 10:   019924491
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   04 October 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: Introduction1: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnic: A Cross-National Comparative Approach to Couples' Careers 2: Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnic: Theoretical Perspectives on Couples' Careers PART TWO: The 'Conservative' Welfare State Regime3: Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sonja Drobnic and Goetz Rohwer: Spouses' Employment Careers in (West) Germany 4: John Hendrickx, Wim Bernasco and Paul M. de Graaf: Couples' Labour Market Participation in the Netherlands 5: Martine Corijn: Couples' Careers in Flanders PART THREE: The 'Mediterranean' Welfare State Regime6: Fabrizio Bernardi: The Employment Behaviour of Married Women in Italy 7: Maria Jose Gonzalez-Lopez: Spouses' Careers in Spain PART FOUR: The 'Liberal' Welfare State Regime8: Andrew McCulloch and Shirley Dex: Married Women's Employment Patterns in Britain 9: Shin-Kap Han and Phyllis Moen: Coupled Careers: Pathways Through Work and Marriage in the United States PART FIVE: The 'Social Democratic' Welfare State Regime10: Ursula Henz and Marianne Sundstroem: Earnings as a Force of Attraction and Specialisation in Sweden 11: Soren Leth-Sorensen and Goetz Rohwer: Work Careers of Married Women in Denmark PART SIX: The (former) 'State Socialist' Regime12: Sonja Drobnic and Ewa Fratczak: Employment Patterns of Married Women in Poland 13: Peter Robert, Erzsebet Bukodi and Ruud Luijkx: Employment Patterns in Hungarian Couples 14: Xueguang Zhou and Phyllis Moen: Job Shift Patterns of Husbands and Wives in Urban China PART SEVEN Results of Cross-National Comparisons15: Sonja Drobnic and Hans-Peter Blossfeld: Careers of Couples and Trends in Inequality

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This book represents a very impressive theoretical and empirical achievement...the sheer quality of the substative contributions to this topic that are gathered here will make this volume an invaulable source of reference for many years to come . Contemporary Sociology

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