Couples at Work

Negotiating Paid Employment, Housework, and Childcare

Author: Emily Christopher Series: Sociology of Children and Families

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This book offers a unique look into how couples manage paid employment, housework and childcare. The author explores how employment structures, policies and practices intersect with individual attitudes to either reinforce or challenge gender inequalities in the domestic sphere through the 'doing' and 'undoing' of gender.

Critic Reviews

“Apt, timely evidence detailing how couples combine paid employment and childcare - essential insight for parents, employers, policy makers, and scholars.’ Lynn Jamieson, University of Edinburgh

“Christopher offers a fine-grained analysis of how parents navigate gendered moral pressures of paid and unpaid work, with particular attention to whether and how working in the private or public sector matters. A must read!” Katherine Twamley, University College London