Within Australian social policy debates Catherine Hakim’s preference theory and closely rated theories about maternal identities have become prominent frameworks for understanding mothers’ decisions around paid work. These theories suggest that women have relatively static preferences regarding their labour force participation that are manifestations of their pre-existing identities as ‘mothers’ or ‘workers’ and that these will affect their labour force decisions much more profoundly than cultural, social or economic conditions. Drawing on ethnographic research with single mothers, this article argues that preference theory is an inadequate framework for understanding how they make choices around paid work. It suggests that a mothering prac...
This study, developed within a feminist social constructionist framework, examines the discourses wh...
Over the last 30 years, the social policy discourse surrounding Australian sole mothers' relationsh...
Concerns about the intensity of competing demands in our paid work and intimate lives, the blurred b...
There is now a burgeoning literature on the ways in which women’s paid work, care and family life or...
There is now a burgeoning literature on the ways in which women's paid work, care and family li...
This thesis investigated patterns in, and perceptions of, labour force participation (LFP) amongst a...
In Australia there has been new attention paid to women’s work/life choices, which have been driven ...
NoClass theorists ask for research on the 'paradox of class' - the fact that while class appears to ...
In a context where the pressures of intensive mothering are all-consuming, mothers who work for pay,...
The arguments underlying Hakim’s Lifestyle Preference Theory have initiated debate over the importan...
This article presents five case studies from a recent longitudinal and qualitative study involving f...
In this article I argue that the spaces of freedom and constraint that personalized planning program...
University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Education.There have been substantial changes in the wa...
This paper explores the dominant narratives present in in-depth ante- and post- natal interviews wi...
Continual increase in maternal employment in Australia over the past three decades has focused atten...
This study, developed within a feminist social constructionist framework, examines the discourses wh...
Over the last 30 years, the social policy discourse surrounding Australian sole mothers' relationsh...
Concerns about the intensity of competing demands in our paid work and intimate lives, the blurred b...
There is now a burgeoning literature on the ways in which women’s paid work, care and family life or...
There is now a burgeoning literature on the ways in which women's paid work, care and family li...
This thesis investigated patterns in, and perceptions of, labour force participation (LFP) amongst a...
In Australia there has been new attention paid to women’s work/life choices, which have been driven ...
NoClass theorists ask for research on the 'paradox of class' - the fact that while class appears to ...
In a context where the pressures of intensive mothering are all-consuming, mothers who work for pay,...
The arguments underlying Hakim’s Lifestyle Preference Theory have initiated debate over the importan...
This article presents five case studies from a recent longitudinal and qualitative study involving f...
In this article I argue that the spaces of freedom and constraint that personalized planning program...
University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Education.There have been substantial changes in the wa...
This paper explores the dominant narratives present in in-depth ante- and post- natal interviews wi...
Continual increase in maternal employment in Australia over the past three decades has focused atten...
This study, developed within a feminist social constructionist framework, examines the discourses wh...
Over the last 30 years, the social policy discourse surrounding Australian sole mothers' relationsh...
Concerns about the intensity of competing demands in our paid work and intimate lives, the blurred b...