A Life in Balance? Reopening the Family-Work Debate
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Magazine articles, talk shows, and commercials advise us that our happiness and well-being rest on striking a balance between work and family. It goes unsaid, however, that the advice is based on an outmoded and unrealistic ideal. This provocative volume challenges the notion - often offered in support of neo-liberal agendas - that paid work (employment) and unpaid work (caregiving and housework) are separate and competing spheres, rather than overlapping aspects of a single existence. Alternative approaches to integrating work and family must be taken into account if we hope to build truly equitable family and childcare policies.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780774819688 |
Publisher: | University of British Columbia Press |
Imprint: | UBCPress |
Pub date: | 01 Jul 2011 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 280 |
Weight: | 420g |
Height: | 229mm |
Width: | 152mm |
Spine width: | 18mm |