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The Time Divide – Work, Family, and Gender Inequality (The Family & Public Policy) - Hardcover

Book 2 of 4: The Family and Public Policy

Jacobs, Jerry A; Gerson, Kathleen

 
9780674011533: The Time Divide – Work, Family, and Gender Inequality (The Family & Public Policy)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0674011538 ISBN 13: 9780674011533
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2004

Synopsis

In a panoramic study that draws on diverse sources, Jerry Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson explain why and how time pressures have emerged and what we can do to alleviate them. In contrast to the conventional wisdom that all Americans are overworked, they show that time itself has become a form of social inequality that is dividing Americans in new ways - between the overworked and the underemployed, women and men, parents and non-parents. They piece together a compelling story of the increasing mismatch between our economic system and the needs of American families, sorting out important trends such as the rise of demanding jobs and the emergence of new pressures on dual-earner families and single parents. Comparing American workers with their European peers, Jacobs and Gerson also find that policies that are simultaneously family-friendly and gender equitable are not fully realised in any of the countries they examine. As a consequence, they argue that the United States needs to forge a new set of solutions that offer American workers new ways to integrate work and family life.

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About the Author

Kathleen Gerson is Professor of Sociology, New York University.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0674011538
ISBN 13 
9780674011533
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
272