In Work, At Home: Towards an Understanding of Homeworking

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ISBN: 9780415162999 | 0415162998
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/2/1999

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In Work, At Homeprovides a valuable introduction to the issues and debates surrounding homeworking and explores the meaning and experience of this type of employment by covering a wide range of issues including social relationships, current research methodologies, and the statistical analysis of global labor markets.

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xiii

Introduction: setting the agenda

(13)

The field of enquiry

(3)

Why study working at home?

(1)

The origins of this book

(6)

Plan of the book

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Conceptualising the field

(10)

Introduction

(1)

Social relations of home-located production

(4)

Social relations of the household

(4)

Conclusion

(1)

Searching for subjects

(23)

Introduction

(1)

Official data sources

(4)

Doorstep surveys

(3)

Direct appeals

(3)

Chasing known points of contact

(6)

Documentary evidence

(2)

Surveys of employers

(3)

Conclusion

(1)

Taking a count

(24)

Introduction

(1)

United States

(4)

Canada

(1)

Australia

(1)

New Zealand

(1)

European Union

(3)

Britain

(6)

Philippines

(2)

India

(1)

Hong Kong

(1)

Japan

(1)

Conclusion

(4)

Revealing diversity

(17)

Introduction

(1)

Sex

(5)

Ethnicity

(3)

Education

(2)

Age

(1)

Marital status and parenthood

(1)

Probability of working at home

(2)

Conclusion

(2)

Documenting the grim realities

(19)

Introduction

(1)

Pay and benefits

(7)

Health and safety

(1)

Legislative regulation

(3)

Organisation and protection

100

(5)

Conclusion

105

(2)

Struggling for control

107

(13)

Introduction

107

(1)

Perceived advantages and disadvantages

107

(2)

The myth of autonomy

109

(2)

Choices and constraints

111

(2)

Forms of managerial control

113

(1)

Home-located production and self-management

114

(1)

Technologies of the self

115

(2)

Household dilemmas

117

(1)

Employer dilemmas

118

(1)

Conclusion

119

(1)

Managing the self

120

(23)

Introduction

120

(1)

Managing divisions within the household

121

(12)

Managing boundaries around the household

133

(8)

Conclusion

141

(2)

Combining home and work

143

(18)

Introduction

143

(1)

Strategies for combining home and work

144

(4)

Sources of variation in strategies

148

(3)

Four types of household understanding

151

(2)

Home-located production and household understanding

153

(6)

Conclusion

159

(2)

Conclusion: mapping the broader perspective

161

(18)

Introduction

161

(1)

Defining the field

162

(2)

Generating data

164

(2)

Restructuring labour markets

166

(2)

Protecting and organising labour

168

(2)

Controlling the work

170

(2)

Reconciling two worlds

172

(2)

Sustaining antological security

174

(3)

Putting home-located work in its place

177

(1)

Endings and beginnings

178

(1)

Appendix

179

(3)

References

182

(15)

Index

197

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In Work, At Home: Towards an Understanding of Homeworking

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