{"product_id":"discretionary-time-a-new-measure-of-freedom-hardback-9780521882989","title":"Discretionary Time; A New Measure of Freedom (Hardback) 9780521882989","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDiscretionary Time\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA New Measure of Freedom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA novel study of how much control people have over their time and work-life balance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert E. Goodin (Author), James Mahmud Rice (Author), Antti Parpo (Author), Lina Eriksson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521882989, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 February 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e482 pages, 41 b\/w illus.  41 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 3.2 cm, 0.898 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book makes fascinating reading and invites further questions.' Managing Leisure\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA 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 this book have developed a novel way to measure 'discretionary time': time which is free to spend as one pleases. Exploring data from the US, Australia, Germany, France, Sweden and Finland, they show that temporal autonomy varies substantially across different countries and under different living conditions. By calibrating how much control people have over their time, and how much they could have under alternative welfare, gender or household arrangements, this book offers a new perspective for comparative cross-national enquiries into the temporal aspects of human welfare.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introduction: 1. Time and money\u003cbr\u003e 2. Discretionary time\u003cbr\u003e 3. The distribution of discretionary time\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Time Pressure: 4. Time pressure: a new problem?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Time pressure: a new measure\u003cbr\u003e 6. Is it really an illusion?\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Welfare Regimes Matter: 7. How welfare regimes differ\u003cbr\u003e 8. A temporal perspective on welfare regimes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Welfare regimes and temporal autonomy\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Gender Regimes Matter: 10. How gender regimes differ\u003cbr\u003e 11. A temporal perspective on gender regimes\u003cbr\u003e 12. Gender regimes and temporal autonomy\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Household Regimes Matter: 13. How household regimes differ\u003cbr\u003e 14. The difference that household rules make\u003cbr\u003e 15. The difference that states make\u003cbr\u003e 16. Alternative household rules and temporal autonomy\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Conclusions: 17. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. Methodology\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Data.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e], Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265334825240,"sku":"9780521882989","price":70.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521882989i.jpg?v=1692021794","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/discretionary-time-a-new-measure-of-freedom-hardback-9780521882989","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}