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Father and Ford revisited: gender, class and employment change in the new millennium
Author(s) -
McDowell Linda
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
transactions of the institute of british geographers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.196
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1475-5661
pISSN - 0020-2754
DOI - 10.1111/1475-5661.00034
Subject(s) - restructuring , welfare , inequality , government (linguistics) , perspective (graphical) , economics , labour economics , work (physics) , balance (ability) , economic growth , sociology , development economics , market economy , philosophy , mechanical engineering , medicine , mathematical analysis , linguistics , mathematics , finance , artificial intelligence , computer science , engineering , physical medicine and rehabilitation
In the last decade in Britain the combination of women’s continued entry into the labour market and the restructuring of welfare provision has exacerbated the growing demands on individuals and households in their allocation of time between productive and reproductive labour and the contradictions between the two spheres, as well as time and income inequalities between the rich and the poor. Since the election of the new Labour government in 1997, the concept of work/life balance, as well as a range of other policies to address these divisions have been introduced. This paper addresses the nature of the changes in the last decade, through the perspective of gender and class divisions and critically assesses key debates about the changing nature of working life as well as current policy provisions to support the increasing individualization of employment.