Part-time prospects : an international comparison of part-time work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of illustrations = ⅸ
• Notes on contributors = xii
• Acknowledgements = xvii
• 1 Conceptualising part-time work: the value of an integrated comparative perspective / COLETTE FAGAN ; JACQUELINE O'REILLY = 1
• PART Ⅰ Who wants part-time work and on what conditions? = 33
• 2 Where and why is part-time work growing in Europe? / MARK SMITH ; COLETTE FAGAN ; JILL RUBERY = 35
• 3 When do men work part-time? / LEI DELSEN = 57
• 4 Why don't minority ethnic women in Britain work part-time? / ANGELA DALE ; CLARE HOLDSWORTH = 77
• 5 Are part-time jobs better than no jobs? / ULRICH WALWEI = 96
• 6 Are benefits a disincentive to work part-time? / MARCO DOUDEIJNS = 116
• 7 Part-time work: a threat to labour standards? / JILL RUBERY = 137
• 8 How does part-time work lead to low pension income? / JAY GINN ; SARA ARBER = 156
• PART Ⅱ International perspectives = 175
• 9 Culture or structure as explanations for differences in part-time work in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands? / BIRGIT PFAU-EFFINGER = 177
• 10 Why is part-time work so low in Portugal and Spain? / MARGARIDA RUIVO ; MARIA DO PILAR GONZ$$\acute A$$LEZ ; JOS$$\acute E$$ M. VAREJAO = 199
• 11 How does the 'societal effect' shape the use of part-time work in France, the UK and Sweden? / ANNE-MARIE DAUNE-RICHARD = 214
• 12 What is the nature of part-time work in the United States and Japan? / SUSAN HOUSEMAN ; MACHIKO OSAWA = 232
• 13 Why is the part-time rate higher in Japan than in South Korea? / AKIRA WAKISAKA ; HAESUN BAE = 252
• 14 Will the employment conditions of part,timers in Australia and New Zealand worsen? / JANEEN BAXTER = 265
• Index = 282