Social Conceptions of Time: Structure and Process in Work and Everyday Life [Hardcover]

This book is concerned with the significance of time in work and everyday life. The contributors are among the foremost authorities in the field, and their up-to-date contributions consider the changing social meanings that time has in work, leisure and everyday routines. Together they provide a combination of theoretical and empirically-based approaches that reveal the social significance of time in all aspects of everyday lives.List of Tables List of Figures Introduction: G.Crow & S.Heath PART I: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TIME Time, Complexity and the Global; J.Urry Service Regimes and the Political Economy of Time; J.Gershuny Politicizing Time: Temporal Issues for Second Wave Feminists; M.Holmes Time and Speed in the Social Universe of Capital; M.Neary & G.Rikowski PART II: WORK TIME How Many Hours? Work Time Regimes and Preferences in European Countries; C.Fagan Gendered and Classed Working Time in Britain: Dual-employee Couples in Higher/Lower Level Occupations; T.Warren Employment Patterns for the Future: Balancing Work and Family Life in Two Local Authorities; M.Smith & M.Carroll Making Time for Management: The Careers and Lives of Manager-Academics in UK Universities; R.Deem & S.Hillyard 'Big Brother is Watching You!'; Call Centre Surveillance and the Time Disciplines Subject; D.Knights & P.Odih PART III: TIME IN EVERYDAY LIFE Are Long or Unsocial Hours of Work Bad for Leisure?; K.Roberts Routine Matters: Narratives of Everyday Life in Families; E.B.Silva Roles, Rhythms and Routines: Towards a New Script of Daily Life in the Netherlands; A.van den Broek, K.Breedveld & W.Knulst Time for Life: Time for Being and Becoming; D.Chaplin Collecting Time: The Social Organization of Collecting; J.Goode Bibliography IndexKOEN BREEDVELD Research Fellow, Social and Cultural Planning Office, The NetherlandsMARILYN CARROLL Research Associate, European Work and Employment Research Centre, Manchester School of ManagementDAVINA CHAPLIN previously LecturlÓ