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  • © 1987

Homeworking

Myths and Realities

Part of the book series: Women in Society (WOSO)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Sheila Allen, Carol Wolkowitz
    Pages 1-9
  3. Approaches to homeworking

    • Sheila Allen, Carol Wolkowitz
    Pages 10-29
  4. The incidence and range of homeworking

    • Sheila Allen, Carol Wolkowitz
    Pages 30-58
  5. Who does homeworking and why?

    • Sheila Allen, Carol Wolkowitz
    Pages 59-86
  6. Homeworking as a method of production

    • Sheila Allen, Carol Wolkowitz
    Pages 87-108
  7. The mechanisms of control: the myth of autonomy

    • Sheila Allen, Carol Wolkowitz
    Pages 109-134
  8. Organising for change

    • Sheila Allen, Carol Wolkowitz
    Pages 135-158
  9. Restructuring and the casualisation of work

    • Sheila Allen, Carol Wolkowitz
    Pages 159-181
  10. The way forward

    • Sheila Allen, Carol Wolkowitz
    Pages 182-189
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 190-225

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Homeworking

  • Book Subtitle: Myths and Realities

  • Authors: Sheila Allen, Carol Wolkowitz

  • Series Title: Women in Society

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18879-6

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1987

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 225

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Labor Economics