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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455761503321

Autore

Deem Rosemary

Titolo

Work, unemployment, and leisure / / Rosemary Deem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1988

ISBN

1-134-98508-8

1-280-32964-5

0-203-13108-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (132 p.)

Collana

Society now

Disciplina

306/.36

Soggetti

Leisure - Social aspects - Great Britain

Work - Social aspects - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introducing work and leisure; Work in the formal economy; The hidden economy and unpaid work; Unemployment; Leisure; Change: work, unemployment, and leisure; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Rosemary Deem provides students with a concise introduction to a range of issues and debates surrounding work, unemployment and leisure in contemporary societies. Beginning with an examination of the social and historical factors which have shaped work and leisure patterns in modern Britain, she shows how the boundaries between them are culturally constructed and change over time. As well as looking at the effects of class, Work, Unemployment and Leisure also considers gender, race and ethnicity dimensions. The author takes a wide view of work, encompassing work carried out both withi