Women and Working Lives: Divisions and Change

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Re-assessing Women’s Working Lives: An Introductory Essay....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
World War, Women’s Work and the Gender Division of Paid Labour....Pages 17-35
Gender-role Attitudes in Britain and the USA....Pages 36-53
Money, Marriage and Motherhood: Dual Earner Households after Maternity Leave....Pages 54-70
Employment and Domestic Work: A Comparison of Samples of British and French Women....Pages 71-88
Feminisation of the Labour Force in Britain and France....Pages 89-103
Demographic Change and ‘New Opportunities’ for Woman: The Case of Employers’ Career Break Schemes....Pages 104-117
Women under Glasnost: An Analysis of ‘Women’s Place’ in Contemporary Soviet Society....Pages 118-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Wives’ and Husbands’ Labour Market Participation and Household Resource Distribution in the Context of Middle-class Male Unemployment....Pages 131-147
The Modern Cinderellas: Women and the Contract Cleaning Industry in Belfast....Pages 148-161
Women, Business and Self-Employment: A Conceptual Minefield....Pages 162-174
Trading Relationships: Home Selling and Petty Enterprise in Women’s Lives....Pages 175-189
Back Matter....Pages 190-215