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A Life in Balance? : Reopening the Family-Work Debate

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Magazine articles, talk shows, and commercials advise us that our happiness and well-being rest on striking a balance between work and family. It goes unsaid, however, that the advice is based on an outmoded and unrealistic ideal. This provocative volume challenges the notion Â? often offered in support of neo-liberal agendas Â? that paid work (employment) and unpaid work (caregiving and housework) are separate and competing spheres, rather than overlapping aspects of a single existence. Alternative approaches to integrating work and family must be taken into account if we hope to build truly equitable family and childcare policies.

Table of Contents

A Life in Balance?
Page 2-5

Contents
Page 6-7

Acknowledgements
Page 8-11

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-----Introduction
Page 12-19

Transcending the Prevailing Myths
Page 20-21

1 the Nuclear Family Ideal
Page 22-40

2 Intergenerational Care Work
Page 41-57

-----3 Maternal Employment, Childcare, and Public Policy
Page 58-75

Part 2: Integrating Family and Work
Page 76-77

4 Work, Care, Resistance, and Mothering
Page 78-91

5 “I Am the Patient and Compassionate Cashier”
Page 92-108

6 Employment in the New Economy and the Impact on Canadian Families
Page 109-125

7 What Impedes Fathers’ Participation in Care Work?
Page 126-140

-----8 Addressing the Interlocking Complexity of Paid Work and Care
Page 141-155

Part 3: Feminist-Informed Family Initiatives and Family Visions
Page 156-157

9 Beyond the “Cultural” Landscape of Care
Page 158-180

10 Working-Time Regimes, Flexibility, and Work-Life Balance
Page 181-204

11 The Increasing Invisibility of Mothering
Page 205-216

Epilogue
Page 217-229

References
Page 230-261

Contributors
Page 262-266

Index
Page 267-281

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Book Details

Title

A Life in Balance?

Subtitle

Reopening the Family-Work Debate

Contributors

Catherine Krull,
Justyna Sempruch

Publisher

UBC Press

Publication date

2011-01-01

Pages

272

Print ISBN

9780774819671

eBook ISBN

9780774819695

LC Subjects

Work and family - Canada., Caregivers - Family relationships - Canada., Women - Employment - Canada., Women - Canada - Social conditions.

Audience

Professional and scholarly

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