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Dear all,
we welcome submissions to our RC06 Family Research session at the ISA World
Congress 2018 (Toronto, Canada), 15-21 JUNE 2018, TORONTO, CANADA
Submission deadline is 30 Sep 2017.
TITLE:
LABOUR MARKETS AND WELFARE STATES IN TRANSITION: BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES
FOR WORK-FAMILY BALANCE AND GENDER EQUALITY
Session Description:
Over the last decades important societal developments have altered the
situation for family practices. Increasing numbers of women in education
and the work force, the new role of fathers as caregivers as well as
providers and the expansion of family-friendly policies. These developments
point towards more family-friendly and gender equal societies. However,
labour markets, as well as welfare states, are undergoing major transitions
facing increasing global competition, insecurity and pressure for
continuously increased productivity. These challenges have introduced
great polarization among employees resulting from the fragmentation in
employment arrangements and differential quality of jobs. These trends
appeared concurrently with young adults’ unemployment even among
university graduates, waves of immigrations and workers’ mobility. The
reduced quality of jobs offered to men and women in service and caring
occupations has defied men’s and women’s ability to provide for their
families creating new forms of inter-generational inter-dependencies. Thus,
conflicting demands and rationalities of work, family and welfare states
might collide even in societies with extensive family-friendly policies.
As modern working life and family life has become more individualized and
flexible with less clear boundaries, debates about work- family dynamics
have expanded. This session welcome papers analysing barriers and
opportunities for work-family reconciliation and gender equality in the
changing labour markets and welfare states. Papers addressing the
interactions between policies, ideologies, practices are specifically
welcome.
https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session9496.html
Language:
English
Research Committee:
RC06 Family Research (host committee)
Regular session: maximum five 20-minute presentations
SESSION ORGANIZER: ISABELLA CRESPI, UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA, ITALY
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Recently published:
2017 Crespi I. and Moreno Minguez A., Work and family cultures:
Dynamics of family change in Southern Europe, in "Work–Family Dynamics
Competing Logics of Regulation, Economy and Morals" Edited by Berit
Brandth, Sigtona Halrynjo, Elin Kvande © 2017 – Routledge
2017 I. Crespi, S.G. Meda, Metodi qualitativi e sociologia
relazionale: dimensioni culturali e riflessività nello studio delle
relazioni sociali, in SOCIOLOGIA E POLITICHE SOCIALI, n. 1, 2017, pp.
33-59
Isabella Crespi, Ph.D in Sociology and Research Methodology
Associate Professor of Cultural Sociology
ESA RN13 Sociology of Families and Intimate lives Coordinator 2013-2017
University of Macerata Dept. of Education, Cultural Heritage and
Tourism P.le Bertelli, 1
62100 - Macerata - Italy
skype contact: isabellacrespi
http://docenti.unimc.it/isabella.crespi (ITA)
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