Discretionary time : a new measure of freedom /

"A healthy work-life balance has become increasingly important to people trying to cope with the pressures of contemporary society. This trend highlights the fallacy of assessing well-being in terms of finance alone; how much time we have matters just as much as how much money. The authors of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goodin, Robert E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Quality of life > Evaluation.
Well-being > Evaluation.
Qualité de la vie > Évaluation.
Bien-être > Évaluation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Quality of life > Evaluation
Livskvalitet.
Välbefinnande.
Välfärd.
Tid.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Time and money
  • Discretionary time and temporal autonomy
  • The distribution of discretionary time
  • Time pressure : a new problem?
  • Time pressure : a new measure
  • Is it really an illusion?
  • How welfare regimes differ
  • A temporal perspective on welfare regimes
  • Welfare regime and temporal autonomy
  • How gender regimes differ
  • A temporal perspective on gender regimes
  • Gender regimes and temporal autonomy
  • How household regimes differ
  • The difference that household rules make
  • The difference that states make
  • Alternative household rules and temporal autonomy.

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