Epstein / Seron / Oglensky The Part-time Paradox

Time Norms, Professional Life, Family and Gender
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-79529-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs

Seron, Carroll

Oglensky, Bonnie

Sauté, Robert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: The Social Meaning of Professional Time
1. Introduction
2. The Social Context of Time Deviance
3. Time and the Practices and Rituals of the Legal Profession
Part II: Cultural Perspectives on Part-time Work and Its Consequences
4. Part-Time Work as Deviance: Stigmatization and its Consequences
5. Perspectives on Accommodating Part-Time Work
6. Calculating the Economics of Part-Time Work
Part III: Career Issues and Problems in Part-Time Legal Work
7. Mobility
8. Job Security and Insecurity: The Vulnerability of Part-Time Positions
9. Part-Time Status and Rank Discrepancies: Statue Incongruity
10. Commitment and Professional Status
11. Collegiality
12. Justice and Fairness
Part IV: The Family and Part-Time Work
13. Parents, Children, Child Care, and the Division of Labor in the Family
Part V: Technology
14. Technology and Part-Time Lawyering
Part VI
15. Conclusion
Part VII: Appendices
A. Research Methodology
B. Part-Time Work Policies and Issues They Cover
C. Tables

Über Autor(innen)

Cynthia Fuchs Epstein is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is Visiting Professor at the Stanford Law School for 1997-98. Carroll Seron is Acting Dean of the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College, CUNY. Bonnie Oglensky and Robert Sauté are at CUNY Graduate Center.