Product Description: Though there are still just twenty-four hours in a day, society’s idea of who should be doing what and when has shifted. Time, the ultimate scarce resource, has become an increasingly contested battle zone in American life, with work, family, and personal obligations pulling individuals in conflicting directions...read more

Product Description: Choosing to work part-time may seem like an attractive option for many workers, and it is a fact of the modern workplace that the availability of part-time work is increasing. However, the authors of this study find that there are cultural and social meanings attached to part-time work which suggest that it is in fact not such an easy option...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Women In Law is an insightful and provocative study of the paradoxes women face as they live the realities beyond the new mystique of a high-powered career.

Argues that previous sociological work has been biased against women, discusses gender roles and social structure, and looks at public perceptions of women

Product Description: All pages present. Unmarked. Corners sharp. Library copy.