Women’s Work in Britain and France: Practice, Theory and Policy

Gregory, Abigail; Windebank, Jan

Women's Work in Britain and France is a ground-breaking retheorization of what constitutes 'progress' in gender relations. The book shows that French women, although having more full-time and continuous careers and greater social policy support, retain as great a responsibility for unpaid domestic and caring work as their British counterparts. It replaces the conventional focus upon encouraging women's increased insertion into employment as the principal strategy for achieving progress in gender relations with a new focus on changing men's work patterns.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2000-01-27

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333683064

DOI: 10.1057/9780230598515

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 226