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Part-time Prospects: International
Comparisons of Part-time Work in Europe, North America and the
Pacific Rim edited by Jacqueline O'Reilly and Colette Fagan |
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The growth in part-time employment has been one of the most striking
features in industrialized economies over the past forty years. This
book discusses the controversial debates surrounding the subject; is
part-time work better than unemployment or is social welfare a
disincentive to taking up part-time work? 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
labour standards? 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. It brings together sociologists and economists in this wide-ranging and comprehensive survey, tackling such areas as gender issues, ethnic questions and the differences between certain national economies. Comments "This excellent book is essential reading for social scientists and policy makers seeking a deeper and broader understanding of part time employment and the debates and issues surrounding it, in a global context." Sue Lewis, Manchester Metropolitan University "The editors have done a masterful job of organizing the contributions to this volume in a manner that highlights the differences in the nature and experience of part-time employment in different institutional and cultural settings." Eileen Appelbaum, Economic Policy Institute, USA Contents 1. Conceptualising part-time work the value of an integrated comparative perspective Colette Fagan and Jacqueline O'Reilly PART I. WHO WANTS PART-TIME WORK & ON WHAT CONDITIONS? 2. Where and why is part-time work growing in Europe? Mark Smith, Colette Fagan and Jill Rubery 3. When do men work part-time? Lei Delsen 4. Why don’t minority ethnic women in Britain workpart-time? Angela Dale and Clare Holdsworth 5. Are part-time jobs better than no jobs? Ulrich Walwei 6. Are benefits a disincentive to work part-time? Marco Doudeyns 7. Part-time work: A threat to labour standards? Jill Rubery 8. When does part-time work lead to a low pension income? Jay Ginn and Sara Arber PART II. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 9. Culture or structure as explanations for differences in part-time work in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands? Birgit Pfau-Effinger 10. Why is part-time work so low in Portugal and Spain? Margarida Ruivo, Maria do Pilar González and José M. Varejão 11. How does the ‘societal effect’ shape the use of part-time work in France the UK and Sweden? Anne-Marie Daune-Richard 12. What is the nature of part-time work in the United States and Japan? Susan Houseman and Machiko Osawa 13. Why is the part-time rate higher in Japan than in South Korea? Akira Wakisaka and Hasan Bae 14. Will the employment conditions of part-timers in Australia and New Zealand worsen? Janeen Baxter Click to order...  ISBN/ISSN: 0-415-15670-X Price: US $29.99 Price: UK £17.99 |
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