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A Life in Balance?|Catherine Krull

A Life in Balance? : Reopening the Family-Work Debate

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Overview

Magazine articles, talk shows, and commercials advise us that our happiness and well-being rest on striking a balance between work and family. It goes unsaid, however, that the advice is based on an outmoded and unrealistic ideal. This provocative volume challenges the notion - often offered in support of neo-liberal agendas - that paid work (employment) and unpaid work (caregiving and housework) are separate and competing spheres, rather than overlapping aspects of a single existence. Alternative approaches to integrating work and family must be taken into account if we hope to build truly equitable family and childcare policies.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780774819671
  • ISBN-10: 0774819677
  • Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
  • Publish Date: February 2011
  • Page Count: 280

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