The family, flexible work and social cohesion at risk

Because of women's increased participation in the labor market, there is an increasing pressure on families. Women are expected to provide stability, focus on child development, and bolster colleagues against unemployment and retraining, whereas society is expected to provide child care facilit...

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Published in:International labour review 1999-01, Vol.138 (4), p.411-429
Main Author: CARNOY, Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
Adults
Children
Community Relations
Cultural Differences
Developed Nations
Education
Educational Change
Employment
Employment Changes
Europe
European Union
Factors
Families
Families & family life
Family
Family (Sociological Unit)
Family Relations
Family Size
Family Structure
Family Work Relationship
Females
Flexible hours of work
Flexible Working Hours
Gender relations
Globalization
Individualized Instruction
Industrial Revolution
Information Networks
Information technology
Labor
Labor aspects
Labor Market
Labor unions
Labour market
Males
Marital Status
Men
Parents
Parents & parenting
Part time employment
Postindustrial societies
Social aspects
Social Cohesion
Social conditions & trends
Social equilibrium
Social networks
Social policy
Social problems
Social stability
Society
Suburban areas
Tables (Data)
Unions
United States
Wages
Women
Work environment
Work-Family conflict
Working Mothers
Working Women
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Summary:Because of women's increased participation in the labor market, there is an increasing pressure on families. Women are expected to provide stability, focus on child development, and bolster colleagues against unemployment and retraining, whereas society is expected to provide child care facilities and flexible education. (JOW)
ISSN:0020-7780
1564-913X
DOI:10.1111/j.1564-913X.1999.tb00395.x