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Synopsis
This book presents a wide-ranging survey of the major issues concerning the recent growth of part-time employment in industrialized societies. It examines many of the debates, analysing different circumstances in countries ranging from the US, the UK, Japan and France. The book presents for the first time a systematically comparative analysis of the common and divergent patterns in the use of part-time work in Europe, America and the Pacific Rim. Part-time Prospects brings together sociologists and economists to provide an up-to-date summary of the major theoretical debates on the changing organization of work and time, tackling such areas as gender issues, ethnic questions and the differences between certain national economies. Is this kind of work becoming an increasingly normal part of most people's working lives, or does it remain a female ghetto of low pay, low pensions and low labor standards?
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Presents a wide-ranging survey of major issues concerning the recent growth of part-time work in industrialized economies. Examines the different debates and circumstances in the US, Japan, and Europe, dealing with questions surrounding the nature of part-time work in the US and how it compares to the situation in Australia, Britain, and the rest of Europe, and with recent legislation in Britain that has brought the subject of part-time work to the forefront. The editors are affiliated with London University and the University of Liverpool. Material originated at a September 1996 workshop. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)