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Work-Life Balance in Europe

The Role of Job Quality

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Sonja Drobnič

    1. University of Hamburg, Germany

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  2. Ana M. Guillén

    1. University of Oviedo, Spain

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Part of the book series: Work and Welfare in Europe (RECOWE)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Job Quality and Work- Life Balance

    1. Introduction: Job Quality and Work-Life Balance

      • Sonja Drobnič
      Pages 1-14

  4. Institutional Contexts for Work- Life Balance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Part-Time in Skilled Jobs: The Case of Teachers in the UK, Spain and the Netherlands

      • Zγab Ibáñez
      Pages 149-173

    3. Time between Job and Care – How Configurations of Care Policies Shape the Patterns of Informal Care for Children and the Elderly

      • Tine Rostgaard, Olli Kangas, Liv Bjerre
      Pages 174-206

    4. Moulding Parents’ Childcare? A Comparative Analysis of Paid Work and Time with Children in Different Family Policy Contexts

      • Magnus Bygren, Ann-Zofie Duvander, Tommy Ferrarini
      Pages 207-230

    5. Tensions between Work, Family and Personal Life in Spanish Dual-Income Couples

      • Sandra Dema Moreno
      Pages 231-252

    6. Concluding Thoughts on Tensions between Work and Private Life and Policy Responses

      • Ana M. Guillén
      Pages 253-259

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 260-293
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About this book

Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life, examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time-use patterns of individuals and households as well as institutional contexts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Hamburg, Germany

    Sonja Drobnič

  • University of Oviedo, Spain

    Ana M. Guillén

About the editors

BARBARA BEHAM is Assistant Professor in Gender and Diversity Management, Institute of Management, Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany MARCUS BYGREN is Associate Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University, Sweden HEEJUNG CHUNG is Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Sociology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands SANDRA DEMA MORENO is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology University of Oviedo, Spain ANN-ZOFIE DUVANDER is Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography, Stockholm University, Sweden COLETTE FAGAN is Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester, UK TOMMY FERRARINI is Associate Professor, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden ZYAB IBANEZ is a freelance researcher based in the UK JOHANNA LAMMI-TASKULA is Senior Researcher, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland TINE ROSTGAARD is Senior Researcher, Danish National Centre for Social Research, Denmark MINNA SALMI is Research Manager at the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland PIERRE WALTHERY is a Researcher and Doctoral Student, Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester, UK

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