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Households, Work and Economic Change: A Comparative Institutional Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Jane Wheelock

    1. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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  2. Åge Mariussen

    1. Nordland Research Institute, Bodø, Norway

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Part of the book series: Recent Economic Thought (RETH, volume 57)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Åge Mariussen, Jane Wheelock
      Pages 1-9

  3. The Significance of the Household in its Macro-Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Perspectives on the Household in a Changing Economy

      • Åge Mariussen, Jane Wheelock
      Pages 13-35

    3. Behind the Lace Curtains

      • Elizabeth Oughton, Jane Wheelock, Agnete Wiborg
      Pages 37-52

    4. Social Security, Employment and the Household

      • Michael Hill
      Pages 53-64

  4. Economic Restructuring, Labour Market Change and the Household

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-70
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    2. British Market-Led Restructuring: A Case Study of Wearside

      • Ian Stone
      Pages 71-84

    3. Corporatist Restructuring: A Scandinavian Case Study

      • Åge Mariussen
      Pages 85-97

    4. Corporatist and Market-Led Restructuring Compared

      • Åge Mariussen, Ian Stone
      Pages 99-102

  5. Changing Lives and Livelihoods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-106
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    4. Shifting Youth Transitions and Identities

      1. From Shipyards to Nightclubs: The Restructuring of Young Geordie Work, Home and Consumption Identities
        • Robert Hollands
        Pages 173-185
      2. Marginalised Young Men and Successful Young Women? Rural Young People Entering Adulthood
        • Tone Magnussen
        Pages 187-194
      3. Conclusions
        • Jane Wheelock, Åge Mariussen
        Pages 195-206
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Young men choosing a traditional working career 189 Young women making modern choices 191 The struggles of young men versus the success of young women 192 CONCLUSIONS Changing economies, changing households 195 Jane Wheelock and Age Mariussen Summing up 195 Institutional comparisons: empirical analysis 197 Theoretical implications 201 Policy implications 204 Bibliography 207 Index 231 ix ILLUSTRATIONS Figures 1. 1 Institutional change as a theme in economics and sociology 15 1. 2 The household in the total economy 28 2. 1 The household in the production, reproduction and consumption cloverleaf 39 10. 1 Characteristics of the two extreme groups of farmers, 'sceptics' and 'radicals' 155 11. 1 Flexibility in the family economic unit 161 Tables ILl Changing employment structure in Wearside and Mo i Rana, selected years 67 11. 2 Employment change comparisons, Wearside!Great Britain and Mo i Rana/Norway, selected years 68 11. 3 Major industrial sectors, Wearside and Mo i Rana, selected years 69 11. 4 Employment in Wearside and Mo i Rana: gender and part-time! full-time breakdown, selected years 70 The degree of change in the organisation of household work 7. 1 116 Economic status categories and family succession 10. 1 150 12. 1 Economic position of young adults (16-29) in Newcastle 176 12.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Jane Wheelock

  • Nordland Research Institute, Bodø, Norway

    Åge Mariussen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Households, Work and Economic Change: A Comparative Institutional Perspective

  • Editors: Jane Wheelock, Åge Mariussen

  • Series Title: Recent Economic Thought

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6115-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9930-8Published: 30 June 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7802-0Published: 26 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6115-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-199X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 238

  • Topics: Microeconomics, History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Labor Economics

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