Synopses & Reviews
The first international comparative study of career changes among couples in modern society, this important book spans the globe, addressing career issues in Germany, the Netherlands, the Flemish part of Belgium, Italy, Spain, Greta Britain, the United States, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Hungary, and China. Using longitudinal data, it explores what has and has not changed for couples in various countries because of women's greater involvement in paid employment.
Table of Contents
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PART ONE: Introduction A Cross-National Comparative Approach to Couples' Careers,
Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnic2. Theoretical Perspectives on Couples' Careers, Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnic
3. PART TWO: The 'Conservative' Welfare State Regime Spouses' Employment Careers in (West) Germany, Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sonja Drobnic and Götz Rohwer
4. Couples' Labour Market Participation in the Netherlands, John Hendrickx, Wim Bernasco and Paul M. de Graaf
5. Couples' Careers in Flanders, Martine Corijn
6. PART THREE: The 'Mediterranean' Welfare State Regime The Employment Behaviour of Married Women in Italy, Fabrizio Bernardi
7. Spouses' Careers in Spain, María José González-López
8. PART FOUR: The 'Liberal' Welfare State Regime Married Women's Employment Patterns in Britain, Andrew McCulloch and Shirley Dex
9. Coupled Careers: Pathways Through Work and Marriage in the United States, Shin-Kap Han and Phyllis Moen
10. PART FIVE: The 'Social Democratic' Welfare State Regime Earnings as a Force of Attraction and Specialisation in Sweden, Ursula Henz and Marianne Sundström
11. Work Careers of Married Women in Denmark, Søren Leth-Sørensen and Götz Rohwer
12. PART SIX: The (former) 'State Socialist' Regime Employment Patterns of Married Women in Poland, Sonja Drobnic and Ewa Fratçzak
13. Employment Patterns in Hungarian Couples, Péter Róbert, Erzsébet Bukodi and Ruud Luijkx
14. Job Shift Patterns of Husbands and Wives in Urban China, Xueguang Zhou and Phyllis Moen
15. PART SEVEN Results of Cross-National Comparisons Careers of Couples and Trends in Inequality, Sonja Drobnic and Hans-Peter Blossfeld