Gender and the politics of time: Feminist theory and contemporary debates
Valerie Bryson
Abstract
Women's increased role in the labour market has combined with concerns about the damaging effects of long working hours to push time-related issues up the policy agenda in many Western nations. This book assesses policy alternatives in the light of feminist theory and factual evidence. It introduces mainstream ideas on the nature and political significance of time and re-frames them from a feminist perspective to provide a critical overview of policies in Western welfare states. Themes covered include gender differences in time use and the impact of ‘time poverty’ on women's citizenship; the n ... More
Women's increased role in the labour market has combined with concerns about the damaging effects of long working hours to push time-related issues up the policy agenda in many Western nations. This book assesses policy alternatives in the light of feminist theory and factual evidence. It introduces mainstream ideas on the nature and political significance of time and re-frames them from a feminist perspective to provide a critical overview of policies in Western welfare states. Themes covered include gender differences in time use and the impact of ‘time poverty’ on women's citizenship; the need to value time spent giving and receiving care; the social meanings of time and whether we can talk about ‘women's time’ and ‘men's time’; and the role of the past in framing policy options today.
Keywords:
labour market,
long working hours,
time-related issues,
policy agenda,
Western nations,
policies,
Western welfare states,
gender differences,
time use,
time poverty
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2007 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781861347503 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: March 2012 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781861347503.001.0001 |
