Changing times: work and leisure in postindustrial societies

By:

Gershuny, Jonathan

Publication details: Oxford University Press, 2000. Oxford:Description: viii, 304p.; pbk; 24cmISBN:

9780199261895

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.36 GER

Summary: Time allocation, whether considered at the level of the individual or of the society, is a major focus of public concern. Are our lives more congested with work than they used to be? Is society polarizing into groups which, on one side, have too much work and too little leisure time to spend their money in, and on the other have no paid work, and hence no money to pay for the goods and services they might wish to use during their leisure? Has the recent convergence in men's and women's labour market roles led to an unfair distribution of the totals of paid plus unpaid work? These issues, and others similar, once the preserve of a few specialist sociologists and economists, now appear daily and prominently across the news and entertainment media. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/changing-times-9780199261895?cc=in&lang=en&#

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Includes Index and references

Time allocation, whether considered at the level of the individual or of the society, is a major focus of public concern. Are our lives more congested with work than they used to be? Is society polarizing into groups which, on one side, have too much work and too little leisure time to spend their money in, and on the other have no paid work, and hence no money to pay for the goods and services they might wish to use during their leisure? Has the recent convergence in men's and women's labour market roles led to an unfair distribution of the totals of paid plus unpaid work? These issues, and others similar, once the preserve of a few specialist sociologists and economists, now appear daily and prominently across the news and entertainment media.

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