Family time [[electronic resource] ] : the social organization of care / / [edited by] Nancy Folbre & Michael Bittman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788597503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004
• ISBN: 1-134-38937-X; 1-902977-00-9; 0-429-23113-X; 0-203-41165-X; 1-280-07949-5
• Edizione: [New Edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Collana: Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ; ; 2
• Altri autori (Persone): FolbreNancy; BittmanMichael
• Disciplina: 306.85
• Soggetti: Families - Time management - Economic aspects; Caregivers - Time management - Economic aspects; Child care - Economic aspects; Older people - Home care - Economic aspects; Work and family; Feminist economics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Family Time; Title page; Copyright Page; Table of Content; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I The big picture; 1 A theory of the misallocation of time; 2 Family time and public policy in the United States; PART II Using the yardstick of time to capture care; 3 Activity, proximity, or responsibility? Measuring parental childcare time; 4 Making the invisible visible: the life and time(s) of informal caregivers; PART III Valuing childcare and elder care; 5 Bringing up Bobby and Betty: the inputs and outputs of childcare time; 6 Valuing informal elder carePART IV Parenting, employment, and the pressures of care; 7 Packaging care: what happens when children receive nonparental care?; 8 Parenting and employment: what time-use ; surveys show; 9 The rush hour: the quality of leisure time and gender equity; PART V International comparisons; 10 A tale of dual-earner families in four countries; 11 Parenthood without penalty: time-use and public policy in Australia and Finland; Note: details of Australian time-use surveys; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The time we have to care for one another, especially for our children and our elderly, is more precious to us than anything else in the world. Yet we have more experience accounting for money than we do for time. In this volume, leading experts in analysis of time use from across the globe explore the interface between time use and family policy. The contributors:* show how social institutions limit the choices that individuals can make about how to divide their time between paid and unpaid work* challenge conventional surveys that offer simplistic measures of time spent in chil