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Work-life integration is an increasingly hot topic in the media,
social research, governments and in people's everyday lives. This
volume offers a new type of lens for understanding work-family
reconciliation by studying how work-family dynamics are shaped,
squeezed and developed between consistent or competing logics in
different societies in Europe and the US. The three institutions of
"state", "family" and "working life", and their under-explored
primary logics of "regulation", "morality" and "economic
competitiveness" are examined theoretically as well as empirically
throughout the chapters, thus contributing to an understanding of
the contemporary challenges within the field of work-family
research that combines structure and culture. Particular attention
is given to the ways in which the institutions are confronted with
various moral norms of good parenthood or motherhood and ideals for
family life. Likewise, the logic of policy regulation and gendered
family moralities are challenged by the economic logic of working
life, based on competition in favour of the most productive workers
and organizations. Demonstrating different aspects of what is
behind and between the logics of state regulation, morals and
market, this innovative volume will appeal to students, teachers
and researchers interested in areas such as family studies, welfare
state studies, social policy studies, work life studies as well as
and gender studies.
All work is gendered and all work is embodied. Yet, in common with
so many features of social life, these connections have remained
largely unnoticed in most areas of social enquiry. All three topics
- gender, bodies and work - have their own history and theoretical
concerns and have recently showed signs of convergence. This volume
recognizes this convergence and explores the inter-connections more
specifically. The authors provide a set of questions which draw
together themes already present in existing studies and which
provide the basis for further analysis and theoretical elaboration.
The chapters explore processes of embodiment and disembodiment
within working settings and discuss the implications of these for
the construction of gendered identities. Enhancing our knowledge of
all three terms, Gender, Bodies and Work develops a perspective
that has considerable potential both for assessing the past and
exploring the future.
Nordic countries lead the way in facilitating better work-family
integration through their design of parental leave policies that
encourage men towards life courses with greater care
responsibilities. Based on original research, this compelling book
offers a novel analysis of the everyday parental practices of
fathers and parents in Norway as a way of understanding the
workings of labour market and welfare policies, whilst considering
how migrant fathers might relate to the expectations such laws
generate. The authors showcase how this style of men's care work
constitutes a re-gendering of men by promoting 'caring
masculinities'.
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Feminisms and Ruralities (Paperback)
Barbara Pini, Berit Brandth, Jo Little; Contributions by Jenny Barker Devine, Lia Bryant, …
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R1,211
Discovery Miles 12 110
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Feminist concern with difference has rarely extended to rurality
even if it is now widely recognized that experiences of inequality
depend on intersections of several identities in each individual
life. This lack of concern may reflect the urban background of the
majority of feminist academics or at least their urban
positionality once in the academy. It may equivalently be that
feminists have been influenced by stereotypes of rural women as
traditional and reactionary, and thus seen them as unlikely
exponents of gender equality, and an unfruitful focus for scholarly
energies. Perhaps the problem is a broader one, that is, reflective
of the much documented, but still apparent unwillingness of many
feminists to recognize and address difference in any of its
manifestations. Regardless, even with the recent interest in
intersectionality which has necessarily renewed and reenergized
debates in feminism about diversity and inclusion, the question of
how women are differently positioned because of their
non-metropolitan location has remained largely overlooked.
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Feminisms and Ruralities (Hardcover)
Barbara Pini, Berit Brandth, Jo Little; Contributions by Jenny Barker Devine, Lia Bryant, …
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R2,718
Discovery Miles 27 180
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Feminist concern with difference has rarely extended to rurality
even if it is now widely recognized that experiences of inequality
depend on intersections of several identities in each individual
life. This lack of concern may reflect the urban background of the
majority of feminist academics or at least their urban
positionality once in the academy. It may equivalently be that
feminists have been influenced by stereotypes of rural women as
traditional and reactionary, and thus seen them as unlikely
exponents of gender equality, and an unfruitful focus for scholarly
energies. Perhaps the problem is a broader one, that is, reflective
of the much documented, but still apparent unwillingness of many
feminists to recognize and address difference in any of its
manifestations. Regardless, even with the recent interest in
intersectionality which has necessarily renewed and reenergized
debates in feminism about diversity and inclusion, the question of
how women are differently positioned because of their
non-metropolitan location has remained largely overlooked.
Work-life integration is an increasingly hot topic in the media,
social research, governments and in people's everyday lives. This
volume offers a new type of lens for understanding work-family
reconciliation by studying how work-family dynamics are shaped,
squeezed and developed between consistent or competing logics in
different societies in Europe and the US. The three institutions of
"state", "family" and "working life", and their under-explored
primary logics of "regulation", "morality" and "economic
competitiveness" are examined theoretically as well as empirically
throughout the chapters, thus contributing to an understanding of
the contemporary challenges within the field of work-family
research that combines structure and culture. Particular attention
is given to the ways in which the institutions are confronted with
various moral norms of good parenthood or motherhood and ideals for
family life. Likewise, the logic of policy regulation and gendered
family moralities are challenged by the economic logic of working
life, based on competition in favour of the most productive workers
and organizations. Demonstrating different aspects of what is
behind and between the logics of state regulation, morals and
market, this innovative volume will appeal to students, teachers
and researchers interested in areas such as family studies, welfare
state studies, social policy studies, work life studies as well as
and gender studies.
All work is gendered and all work is embodied. Yet, in common with
so many features of social life, these connections have remained
largely unnoticed in most areas of social enquiry. All three topics
- gender, bodies and work - have their own history and theoretical
concerns and have recently showed signs of convergence. This volume
recognizes this convergence and explores the inter-connections more
specifically. The authors provide a set of questions which draw
together themes already present in existing studies and which
provide the basis for further analysis and theoretical elaboration.
The chapters explore processes of embodiment and disembodiment
within working settings and discuss the implications of these for
the construction of gendered identities. Enhancing our knowledge of
all three terms, Gender, Bodies and Work develops a perspective
that has considerable potential both for assessing the past and
exploring the future.
Nordic countries lead the way in facilitating better work-family
integration through their design of parental leave policies that
encourage men towards life courses with greater care
responsibilities. Based on original research, this compelling book
offers a novel analysis of the everyday parental practices of
fathers and parents in Norway as a way of understanding the
workings of labour market and welfare policies, whilst considering
how migrant fathers might relate to the expectations such laws
generate. The authors showcase how this style of men's care work
constitutes a re-gendering of men by promoting 'caring
masculinities'.
This book explores how rural gender relations are changing in a
globalized world. It analyses their development in specific places
and the effects of the increasing connectedness and mobility of
people. It integrates global experiences by discussing mobility,
agriculture, gender identities and international development. Each
theme is introduced with an overview of the state of the art in
that specific area and integrates the case studies that follow. The
contributors present empirical work from the global north and south
and, more particularly, Sweden, Norway, Northern Ireland, Republic
of Ireland, UK, Poland, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Uzbekistan, India,
Africa, Asia, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the
USA. The first section explores gender differences in mobility
patterns and analyses how mobility affects rural gender identities
and relations. The second section focuses on the development of
agricultural and rural policies, the response of individuals within
farm households, and the implications for gender relations in rural
areas. The third section focuses on the construction of identities
and the changes occurring in the definition of rural femininity and
masculinity as a result of rural transformations. The fourth
section examines the role of international development policies in
advancing women's well-being in the less developed parts of the
world, and some of the unintended consequences of such
interventions. The book closes with conclusions and reflections on
the position of gender in rural research agendas and in rural
academia more generally. Key features: * Empircal work from a wide
range of geographical areas * Examines how gender identities are
constructed in rural agriculture * Considers how effective
development policies are in improving women's well-being This book
will be of interest to researchers in rural development and gender
issues in the global North and South, and to students of rural
sociology, social geography, development studies and gender
studies.
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