Unequal Time: Gender, Class, and Family in Employment Schedules

Contents

v Contents List of Tables and Figures vii About the Authors ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi PART I Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Unpredictability and Unequal Control in a Web of Time 3 Chapter 2 Concepts and Methods 19 Chapter 3 The Context: Occupations and Organizations 33 Chapter 4 Setting the Official Schedule 59 PART II The Forms of Unpredictability 87 Chapter 5 Unpredictability and Churning: Is There a Fixed Schedule? 89 Chapter 6 Adding Time to the Official Schedule 108 Chapter 7 Taking Time Off: Sick Leaves and Vacations 130 PART III Families and Jobs: Creating and Responding to Unpredictability 157 Chapter 8 Unequal Families: Class Shapes Women’s Responses to Unpredictability 159 vi Contents Chapter 9 Unequal Families: Class Shapes Men’s Responses to Unpredictability 181 PART IV Strategies to Address Unpredictability 209 Chapter 10 Finding Solutions in the Web of Time: Coworkers 211 Chapter 11 The Push of the Family and the Pull of the Job 235 Part V Conclusion 259 Chapter 12 Inequality and the Normal Unpredictability of Time 261 Notes 273 References 297 Index 313 ...