In the last two decades there has been a plethora of research on
a range of subjects collectively and rhetorically known as
'work-life balance'. The bulk of this research, which spans
disciplines including feminist sociology, industrial relations and
management, has focused on the significant concerns of employed
women and/or dual career couples. Less attention has been devoted
to scholarship which explicitly examines men and masculinities in
this context. Meanwhile, public and organizational discourse is
largely espoused in gender neutral terms, often neglecting salient
gendered issues which differentially impact the ability of women
and men to successfully integrate their work and non-work
lives.
This edited book brings together empirical studies of the
work-life nexus with a specific focus on men's working time
arrangements, how men navigate and traverse paid work and family
commitments, and the impact of public and organizational policies
on men's participation in work, leisure, and other life domains.
The book is innovative in that it presents both macro
(institutional, how policy affects practice) and micro (individual,
from men's own perspectives) level studies, allowing for a rich and
contrasting exploration of how men's participation in paid work and
other domains is divided, conflicted, or integrated. The essays in
this volume address issues of fundamental social, labor market, and
economic change which have occurred over the last 20 years and
which have profoundly affected the way work, care, leisure and
community have evolved in different contexts. Taking an
international focus, Men, Wage Work and Family contrasts various
public and organizational policies and how these policies impact
men's opportunities and participation in paid work and non-work
domains in industrialised countries in Europe, North America, and
Australia.
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