Women, Men, Work and Family in Europe

1. Introduction: The Unravelling of the ‘Male Breadwinner’ Model — and Some of its Consequences
Rosemary Crompton, Suzan Lewis, Clare Lyonette

2. Evolutions and Approaches to Equitable Divisions of Paid Work and Care in Three European Countries: a Multi-level Challenge
Richenda Gambles, Suzan Lewis, Rhona Rapoport

3. Social Policy in Europe: its Impact on Families and Work
Laura Dulk, Anneke Doorne-Huiskes

4. Fertility Rates and Mothers’ Employment Behaviour in Comparative Perspective: Similarities and Differences in Six European Countries
Jeanne Fagnani

5. Fertility Decline, the Postponement of Childbearing and the Increase in Childlessness in Central and Eastern Europe: a Gender Equity Approach
Hana Hašková

6. Main Patterns in Attitudes to the Articulation Between Work and Family Life: a Cross-National Analysis
Karin Wall

7. Occupational Class, Country and the Domestic Division of Labour
Rosemary Crompton, Clare Lyonette

8. Gender, Social Class and Work-Life Balance in the New Economy
Diane Perrons, Linda McDowell, Colette Fagan, Kath Ray, Kevin Ward

9. Care Capital, Stress and Satisfaction
Anneli Anttonen, Jorma Sipilä

10. The Workplace as an Arena for Negotiating the Work-Family Boundary: a Case Study of Two Swedish Social Services Agencies
Margareta Bäck-Wiklund, Lars Plantin

11. Women’s Occupational Patterns and Work-Family Arrangements: do National and Organisational Policies Matter?
Maria Dores Guerreiro, Inês Pereira

12. Employment, the Family and ‘Work-Life Balance’ in France
Nicky Feuvre, Clotilde Lemarchant

13. Continuities, Change and Transformations
Rosemary Crompton, Suzan Lewis, Clare Lyonette

Keywords: Social Sciences, Family, Sociology of Work, Children, Youth and Family Policy, European Culture, Gender Studies, Social Work