Women's work in Britain and France : practice, theory and policy

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Women's work in Britain and France : practice, theory and policy

Abigail Gregory and Jan Windebank

Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 2000

  • : hbk(uk)
  • : pbk(uk)
  • : cloth(us)

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Bibliography: p. 195-219

Includes index

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Women's Work in Britain and France is a ground-breaking retheorization of what constitutes 'progress' in gender relations. The book shows that French women, although having more full-time and continuous careers and greater social policy support, retain as great a responsibility for unpaid domestic and caring work as their British counterparts. It replaces the conventional focus upon encouraging women's increased insertion into employment as the principal strategy for achieving progress in gender relations with a new focus on changing men's work patterns.

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES IN THE WORK SITUATION OF BRITISH AND FRENCH WOMEN Women's Paid Work Women's Domestic Work Women's Community Work PART II: WOMEN'S WORK IN AN ANGLO-FRENCH CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: THEORY AND POLICY Theorising Women's Work Gender Relations: Progress and Policy Conclusions Notes References Index

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