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'Gendered Lives deserves to find its way onto the bookshelf of students and scholars seeking to better understand the big picture of gender dynamics at home and at work, particularly as it plays out in the British context. Graduate students will likely most appreciate the broad overview the book provides, and I can see it provoking lively debate in advanced classes. Scholars with more focused interests will also no doubt find considerable value in particular chapters, while also being prompted to new insights and connections by the diversity of disciplinary contributions.'- S. Fuller, University of British Columbia, Canada'This state-of-the art collection brings together the latest research of eminent experts in the field. It combines a wide sweep with focused analysis of gender dynamics at home and at work, and the interaction between them. A longitudinal and life course perspective underpins the authors' assessment of the current state of gender inequality, and helps explain why some domains are more resistant to change than others. This timely and innovative volume will be an excellent resource for academics and policy-makers alike.' - Miriam Glucksmann, University of Essex, UK This meticulous book examines how gender inequalities in contemporary societies are changing and how further changes towards greater gender equality might be achieved. The focus of the book is on inequalities in production and reproductive activities, as played out over time and in specific contexts. It examines the different forms that gendered lives take in the household and the workplace, and explores how gender equalities may be promoted in a changing world. Gendered Lives offers many novel and sometimes unexpected findings that contribute to new understandings of not only the causes of gender inequalities but also the ongoing implications for economic well-being and societal integration. This topical and interdisciplinary study by leading researchers in the field will appeal to course leaders, researchers and postgraduate students in sociology, economics, public policy, demography and human geography. Social scientists interested in gender equality, labor market behavior and public policy will also find much to interest them in this fascinating book. Contributors: A. Batnitzky, F. Bennett, E. Bukodi, J. De Henau, S. Deakin, S. Dex, S. Dyer, J. Gershuny, S. Himmelweit, J. Hobcraft, H. Joshi, M.Y. Kan, J. Lewis, L. McDowell, C. McLaughlin, A.C. Plagnol, J. Scott, W. Sigle-Rushton, S. Sung
By Shirley Dex (editor), Anke C. Plagnol (editor) and Jacqueline Scott (editor)

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9781849806268 | Edward Elgar Pub, July 31, 2012, cover price $120.00 | About this edition: 'Gendered Lives deserves to find its way onto the bookshelf of students and scholars seeking to better understand the big picture of gender dynamics at home and at work, particularly as it plays out in the British context.

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9781781004081 | Edward Elgar Pub, April 13, 2013, cover price $46.00

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Product Description: 'An informative and important volume and that it is a pleasure to read.'- Johanna Kumlin, European Sociological Review`This collection will be an invaluable resource for anyone concerned with changes in women's employment over the last twenty-five years...read more
By Shirley Dex (editor), Heather Joshi (editor) and Jacqueline Scott (editor)

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9781847202499 | Edward Elgar Pub, September 30, 2008, cover price $181.00 | About this edition: How is women's employment shaped by family and domestic responsibilities?

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9781848447080 | Edward Elgar Pub, June 30, 2009, cover price $64.00 | About this edition: 'An informative and important volume and that it is a pleasure to read.

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Product Description: This book documents the early lives of almost 19,000 children born in the UK at the start of the 21st century, and their families. It is the first time that analysis of data from the hugely important Millennium Cohort Study, a longitudinal study following the progress of the children and their families, has been drawn together in a single volume...read more
By Shirley Dex (editor) and Heather Joshi (editor)

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9781861346896 | Policy Pr, October 12, 2005, cover price $99.00 | About this edition: This book documents the early lives of almost 19,000 children born in the UK at the start of the 21st century, and their families.

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9781861346889 | Policy Pr, October 12, 2005, cover price $41.95 | About this edition: This book documents the early lives of almost 19,000 children born in the UK at the start of the 21st century, and their families.

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Product Description: This report draws together the findings of a four-year programme of research into families and work. Incorporating 19 research projects, it focuses on three key themes: the effects of work on family life; the employer's perspective on work-family relations and social responsibility; and work and family in relation to the wider community...read more

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9781859350959 | Policy Pr, August 19, 2003, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: This report draws together the findings of a four-year programme of research into families and work.

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Product Description: There is need for a more detailed understanding of employers' motivations for offering flexible working and the outcomes of different policies and practices for both employers and employees. This report draws on data from a large-scale national survey of workplace employee relations (WERS) to fill these gaps in our knowledge and understanding...read more

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9781861344335 | Policy Pr, May 1, 2002, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: There is need for a more detailed understanding of employers' motivations for offering flexible working and the outcomes of different policies and practices for both employers and employees.

Product Description: This study teaches life history techniques as a way of understanding empirical research. The text brings together a collection of papers which examine the life, work and unemployment histories of both men and women. Particular areas focused on include analyses of reminiscence in the elderly, severe head injury recovery, absenteeism, redundancy and social mobility, as well as a study of two recent new British work history data sets...read more
By Shirley Dex (editor)

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9780415053389 | Routledge, December 1, 1992, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: This study teaches life history techniques as a way of understanding empirical research.

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Product Description: This book documents British womens' attitudes to work and home in the 1980s and how they have changed since World War II. The relevant literature is reviewed and the result of recent surveys of womens' attitudes are cited, including rare detail from the large-scale Women and Employment Survey as well as results from the British Social Attitude Surveys, which have relevance to academic study and practical policy-making...read more

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9780312016111, titled "Women's Attitudes Towards Work" | Palgrave Macmillan, September 1, 1988, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: This book documents British womens' attitudes to work and home in the 1980s and how they have changed since World War II.

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9780333458105, titled "Women's Attitudes Towards Work" | Palgrave Macmillan, August 16, 1988, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: A survey of British womens' attitudes to work and home in the 1980s and how they have changed since World War II.

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