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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction
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Differences and Similarities in the Work Situation of British and French Women
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Women’s Work in an Anglo-French Cross-national Perspective: Theory and Policy
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'This is a brilliant example of how research can move on. Whilst covering the same ground as some of my own earlier work, it not only updates, but broadens the terrain and addresses new and highly topical policy issues. There is appropriate but gentle chastisement for earlier authors (including me) for omitting the consideration of unpaid work. This volume offers new perspectives and theory from the incorporation of unpaid work into Franco- British comparisons of women's work. The recognition that policy comparisons are often linked to a focus on paid work alone, and that liberation is often equated with women's take up of paid jobs, are insights which we need to consider and digest. This is a book which helps theorising on women's work and gender relations to move forward. I strongly recommend it.' - Professor Shirley Dex, Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge University
Authors and Affiliations
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JAN WINDEBANK is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Sheffield. Her previous books include with Colin C. Williams, Informal Employment in the Advanced Economies: Implications for Work and Welfare and The Informal Economy in France.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women’s Work in Britain and France
Book Subtitle: Practice, Theory and Policy
Authors: Abigail Gregory, Jan Windebank
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230598515
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Abigail Gregory and Jan Windebank 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-68306-4Published: 27 January 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-68307-1Published: 27 January 2000
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59851-5Published: 27 January 2000
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 226
Topics: Gender Studies, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology