Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between
Intense globalization, rapidly changing workplaces and family patterns have renewed the international interest in quality of life. This book examines different
"This volume includes the most important contributions to the tenth meeting of the German-Japanese Society for the Social Sciences, held in Osnabreuck, Germany,
This is a comparative handbook and analysis of the social conditions and institutional contexts in the 'new' and 'old' member states of the enlarged EU- 28.
Care Work in Europe provides a cross-national and cross-sectoral study of care work in Europe today, covering policy, provision and practice, as well as explori