Gender and the politics of time: feminist theory and contemporary debates

Women's increased role in the labour market has combined with concerns about the damaging effects of long working hours to push time-related issues up the policy agenda in many Western nations. This wide-ranging and accessible book assesses policy alternatives in the light of feminist theory and factual evidence. Contents: Introduction: Part one: Time, politics and society: mainstream perspectives: Time, temporality and political thought; Time culture(s) and the social nature of time; Time use in capitalist society; Part two: Feminist perspectives: reframing the issues: Women and men in feminist political thought; Pubic and private in feminist political thought; Feminist politics and welfare states; Part three: Towards a feminist politics of time: Time and temporality in recent feminist thought; 'Women's time'; Women and time use in contemporary capitalist societies; The time(s) we want and the time(s) we've got: political implications and conclusions