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Author:   Barbara Hobson (Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780198743712

ISBN 10:   0198743718
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   02 July 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Barbara Hobson: Introduction: capabilities and agency for worklife balance: a multidimensional framework Part I. The Individual/Household and the Agency and Capabilities Gap: Policy Frameworks, Norms, and Work Organizational Cultures 2: Susanne Fahlén: The agency gap: policies, norms, and working time capabilities across welfare States 3: Barbara Hobson, Susanne Fahlén, and Judit Takács: A sense of entitlement? Agency and capabilities in Sweden and Hungary 4: Mieko Takahashi, Saori Kamano, Tomoko Matsuda, Setsuko Onode, and Kyoko Yoshizumi: Worklife balance in Japan: new policies, old practices 5: Sonja Drobnic and Margarita León: Agency freedom for worklife balance in Germany and Spain Part II: The Firm Level and the Agency and Capabilities Gap: Policies, Managers, and Work Organization 6: Laura den Dulk, Sandra Groeneveld and Bram Peper: Workplace worklife balance support from a capabilities perspective 7: Colette Fagan and Pierre Walthery: Working time capabilities at the workplace: individual adjustment options between full-time and part-time working in European Firms 8: Bram Peper, Laura den Dulk, Nevenka %Cernigoj Sadar, Suzan Lewis, Janet Smithson, and Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes: Capabilities for worklife balance: managerial attitudes and employee practices in the Dutch, British, and Slovenian banking sector 9: Aleksandra Kanjuo Mr:cela and Nevenka %Cernigoj Sadar: Capabilities for worklife balance in the context of increasing work intensity and precariousness in the service sector and the IT industry in a transitional economy 10: Barbara Hobson: Conclusion

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Barbara Hobson holds a professor's chair in Sociology, with a specialization in comparative gender studies at Stockholm University. She has published many books and articles on gender and welfare states concerning themes of gender and citizenship, men and social politics, and social movements and gender diversity in welfare states. Her recent publications have focused on sociological applications of the capabilities approach, including articles on fertility and fathers and work-life balance. She has been Strand Coordinator for the EC FP6 Network of Excellence 'Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe' (RECWOWE, 2007-11). She is founder and co-editor of the journal Social Politics published by Oxford University Press.

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