Work-Life City Limits: Comparative Household Perspectives

By Helen Jarvis

Book Overview

This book demonstrates how local contexts of urbanization and cultures of work are intimately meshed together. Each chapter explores a discrete dimension of the way people organize their working lives in post-industrial cities, taking close account of the social and environmental impact of this balancing act. The book features cross-national and inter-city comparative household level research, highlighting significant contradictions underpinning the nature of production, consumer expectation, work-life balance and urban environmental quality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349512001
• ISBN13: 9781349512003
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"