Ways of Living: Work, Community and Lifestyle Choice

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Social Change and Ways of Living: An Introduction....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
An Analysis of Time Use to Reveal National Differences in Lifestyle Patterns....Pages 17-32
Households, Work, Time Use and Energy Consumption....Pages 33-74
Longer to Launch: Demographic Changes in Life-Course Transitions....Pages 75-98
Fortunate Lives: Professional Careers, Social Position and Life Choices....Pages 99-119
‘Live to Work or Work to Live?’ The Search for Work-life Balance in Twenty-first Century Japan....Pages 120-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Personal Communities and Lifestyle: The Role of Family, Friends and Neighbours....Pages 147-174
To Downshift or Not to Downshift? Why People Make and don’t Make Decisions to Change their Lives....Pages 175-201
Ways of Life after Redundancy: Anatomy of a Community Following Factory Closure....Pages 202-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
What Do (And Don’t) We Know About Part-Time Professional Work?....Pages 223-240
Work Values Across Cultures: The Role of Affect and Job Outcomes among Young Executives in Canada, Iran and Turkey....Pages 241-266
Designing for Well-Being: The Role of the Physical Work Environment....Pages 267-287
Shifting Responsibility for Health and Healthy Lifestyles: Exploring Canadian Trends....Pages 288-309
Back Matter....Pages 311-324