Overview

This book demonstrates how local contexts of urbanization and cultures of work are intimately meshed together. Each chapter explores a discrete dimension of the way people organize their working lives in post-industrial cities, taking close account of the social and environmental impact of this balancing act. The book features cross-national and inter-city comparative household level research, highlighting significant contradictions underpinning the nature of production, consumer expectation, work-life balance and urban environmental quality.

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Author:   H. Jarvis
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9781403914965

ISBN 10:   1403914966
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   15 September 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Drawing on absorbing personal testimonies as well as incisive analyses of city form, labour market change, new urban policies for sustainability and the differential impact of economic liberalism in two societies, Jarvis weaves a spell-binding story...This book is an important addition to the expanding interdisciplinary field connecting the worlds of employment and home life.' - Linda McDowell, Professor of Human Geography, University of Oxford, UK

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HELEN JARVIS is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. She received her doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science and held a prestigious Economic and Social Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship for three years. She is co-author of The Secret Life of Cities.

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