Restructuring Gender Relations and Employment The Decline of the Male Breadwinner

by Crompton, Rosemary

• ISBN13: 9780198296089
• ISBN10: 0198296088
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Women's employment is on the increase throughout Europe, and more women are going into managerial and professional occupations. This book investigates women's employment in Europe and explores the limits of structural change and development. It seeks to evolve a new framework for the examination of the changing mosaic of employment, family lives, and gender relations in contemporary Europe.

Author Biography

Rosemary Crompton is a Professor of Sociology at City University, London

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	x
Abbreviations	xi
List of Contributors	xii
The Decline of the Male Breadwinner: Explanations and Interpretations	1	(25)
Rosemary Crompton
Obligations and Autonomy in Social Welfare	26	(14)
Jane Millar
Dual Breadwinners between State and Market	40	(20)
Anne Lise Ellings &Aelig;eter
The Modernization of Family and Motherhood in Western Europe	60	(20)
Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Women, Men, and Non-Standard Employment: Breadwinning and Caregiving in Germany, Italy, and the UK	80	(25)
Sue Yeandle
Attitudes, Women's Employment, and the Changing Domestic Division of Labour: A Cross-National Analysis	105	(23)
Rosemary Crompton
Fiona Harris
Employment, Careers, and Families: The Significance of Choice and Constraint in Women's Lives	128	(22)
Rosemary Crompton
Fiona Harris
Gender, Occupational Feminization, and Reflexivity: A Cross-National Perspective	150	(29)
Nicky Le Feuvre
The Restructuring of Gender Relations within the Medical Profession	179	(22)
Rosemary Crompton
Nicky Le Feuvre
Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund
Discussion and Conclusions	201	(14)
Rosemary Crompton
Appendix. Interview Guide	215	(3)
References	218	(21)
Index	239