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Worklife Balance

The Agency and Capabilities Gap

By Barbara Hobson

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Publish Date

2013

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

eng

Pages

320

Description:

Across welfare societies policies and norms for work-life balance have emerged alongside rising expectations among working parents to be able to participate in employment and caregiving, and to have more time for family life and leisure. Yet despite this value placed upon work-life balance working parents face increasing work demands, as well as rising numbers of insecure and precarious jobs, both of which produce a deepening sense of economic uncertainty in everyday life. This volume considers not just what individuals do, but also their scope of alternatives to make other choices.