Work Time – Conflict, Control and Change

<p>List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes vii</p>
<p>Acknowledgments ix</p>
<p>Introduction 1</p>
<p>1 From Field to Factory and Beyond 9</p>
<p>Original Affluence? 10</p>
<p>Medieval Church Time, Modern Clock Time 14</p>
<p>Commodified Time 18</p>
<p>Industrial Time–discipline 19</p>
<p>Time–work Discipline in the Twenty–first Century 25</p>
<p>Gendered Time 27</p>
<p>2 Work–time Reduction in the US 31</p>
<p>Citizenship, Leisure, Education, and Health 34</p>
<p>From Haymarket to Henry Ford 40</p>
<p>Work Sharing and Fair Labor 51</p>
<p>Two 30–hour Experiments 57</p>
<p>Conclusion 63</p>
<p>3 Current Trends 65</p>
<p>Annual Hours 66</p>
<p>Weekly Hours 69</p>
<p>Overtime 71</p>
<p>Non–standard Work 74</p>
<p>Non–standard Schedules 90</p>
<p>Hours Mismatches 92</p>
<p>4 Work family, Work life 96</p>
<p>From Family–based to Family Consumer Economy 97</p>
<p>Women s Labor–force Participation 99</p>
<p>Family Structure and Employment Hours 102</p>
<p>Housework, Child Care, and Free Time 102</p>
<p>Work family 108</p>
<p>Private Adaptations 109</p>
<p>Workplace and Public Policy Initiatives 114</p>
<p>Work life 124</p>
<p>5 Work Time Outside the US 128</p>
<p>Work Hours in Industrialized Nations 128</p>
<p>Work Hours Regulations in Europe 136</p>
<p>Women s Part–time Employment in Europe 148</p>
<p>Family Policies 151</p>
<p>European Couples Work–hour Strategies 158</p>
<p>Work Hours in Transition and Developing Countries 163</p>
<p>Work Hours Preferences 171</p>
<p>Conclusion 172</p>
<p>6 A New Political Economy of Work Time 174</p>
<p>The Electronic Cottage 178</p>
<p>Customized Time: Two Forms 180</p>
<p>Recommendations for Change 181</p>
<p>Work Time and Environmental Sustainability 187</p>
<p>Conclusion 191</p>
<p>Notes 195</p>
<p>References 201</p>
<p>Index 229</p>