Work-Lifestyle Choices in the 21st Century

An interesting book ... she [Hakim] does focus on an increasingly important issue, which will exercise policy-makers in the years ahead.

Autorentext
Catherine Hakim, Senior Research Fellow, London School of Economics

Klappentext
In this pioneering work, Catherine Hakim presents the "Preference Theory," a new, multi-disciplinary philosophy for explaining and predicting current and future patterns for women choosing between family work and outside employment. It is the first theory developed specifically to explain women's behavior and choices, constituting a major break from male-oriented theorizing in sociology and economics. In fact, this text identifies five major historical changes that are collectively producing a new scenario for women in prosperous, 21st century societies.


Zusammenfassung
In this book, Hakim presents a new, multi-disciplinary theory for explaining and predicting current and future patterns of women's choice between employment and family work. Preference theory is the first theory developed specifically to explain women's behaviour and choices. As such, it constitutes a major break from male-centred theorizing to date in sociology and economics. Preference theory is grounded on the substantial body of new research on women's work and fertility that has flourished within feminist scholarship. It identifies five major historical changes that collectively are producing a qualitatively new scenario for women in prosperous societies in the 21st century. Throughout the analysis, the USA and Britain illustrate what the new scenario means for women, how it alters their preferences and work-lifestyles choices. Hakim also reviews research evidence on contemporary developments across Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, and the far East to develop a new theory that is genuine international in perspective.

Inhalt
1: Introduction
2: The failure to predict
3: Causes of the new scenario
4: The polarisation of preferences and behaviour
5: Things are different in the younger generation
6: Heterogeneous preferences
7: Marriage markets and educational equality
8: Policy applications
9: Preferences among men
10: Conclusion

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