Solera, Cristina's Books

Women in and out of paid work

Changes across generations in Italy and Britain

By: Solera, Cristina

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Women in and out of paid work

Changes across generations in Italy and Britain

By: Solera, Cristina

Over the last fifty years women's employment has increased markedly throughout developed countries. Women of younger generations are much more likely than their mothers and grandmothers to enter the labour market and stay in it after they marry and have children. Are these changes due only to changes in women's investments and preferences, or also to the opportunities and constraints within which women form their choices? Have women with higher and lower educational and occupational profiles combined family responsibilities with paid work differently? And have their divisions changed? With an innovative approach, this book compares Italy and Great Britain, investigating transformations in women's transitions in and out of paid work across four subsequent birth cohorts, from the time they leave full-time education up to their 40s. It provides a comprehensive discussion of demographic, economic and sociological theories and contains large amounts of information on changes over time in the two countries, both in women's work histories and in the economic, institutional and cultural context in which they are embedded. By comparing across both space and time, the book makes it possible to see how different institutional and normative configurations shape women's life courses, contributing to help or hinder the work-family reconciliation and to reduce or reinforce inequalities. Women in and out of paid work will be valuable reading for students, academics, professionals, policy makers and anyone interested in women's studies, work-family reconciliation, gender and class inequalities, social policy and sociology.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

241

Publisher

Policy Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1847427790

ISBN 13

9781847427793

Citizen Activism and Mediterranean Identity

Beyond Eurocentrism

By: Gianluca Solera

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Citizen Activism and Mediterranean Identity

Beyond Eurocentrism

By: Gianluca Solera

This book explores the commonalities between the struggles of the last years around the Mediterranean and tries to find the cultural roots of this season of protests and activism against repression and a growing systemic crisis. Who are their main characters? How has mobility of ideas and persons contributed to it? Why has the Mediterranean become the cradle of civil resistance? And how can one make sure that what has begun bears fruit? The author discusses how a strategic action of social movements and activists from both Europe and the Arab world can build the basis for a grassroots project for integration between the two shores, where mobility is at the core: on the one hand, mobility of ideas, activists, men and women of culture and other key-players, and trans-national strategizing; on the other hand, challenging the paradigms of visa policies and striving for a space of safe human mobility as one of the steps of a grassroots Mediterranean citizens project. Providing argument to a new theory of social mobilization, this book will be of interest to scholars of European and Arab politics as well as to political activists in the region.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

157

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319459619

ISBN 13

9783319459615

Women in and Out of Paid Work

Changes Across Generations in Italy and Britain

By: Cristina Solera

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Women in and Out of Paid Work

Changes Across Generations in Italy and Britain

By: Cristina Solera

Comparing the situation in Italy and the UK, this is an exploration of the increasing entry of women into the labour market, and their tendency to remain there after having children.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

248

Publisher

Policy Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1861349300

ISBN 13

9781861349309

Book's by Solera, Cristina

Women in and out of paid work

Women in and out of paid work

Citizen Activism and Mediterranean Identity

Citizen Activism and Mediterranean Identity

Women in and Out of Paid Work

Women in and Out of Paid Work

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email