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The Pleasure of a Surplus Income. Part-time Work, Politics of Gender, and Social Change in West Germany.
Christine Von Oertzen
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Hardback. Explores the reasons behind the introduction of part-time work in West Germany and shows how it took root in factories, government authorities and offices. This book covers the period from early 1950s, a time of optimism during the first postwar economic upswing, to 1969, the culmination of the legislative institutionalization of part-time work. Translator(s): Selwyn, Pamela E. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 250 pages, 6 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; JFSJ1; JHBA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Published in Association with the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.
At a time when part-time jobs are ubiquitous, it is easy to forget that they are a relatively new phenomenon. This book explores the reasons behind the introduction of this specific form of work in West Germany and shows how it took root, in both norm and law, in factories, government authorities, and offices as well as within families and the lives of individual women. The author covers the period from the early 1950s, a time of optimism during the first postwar economic upswing, to 1969, the culmination ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Series
Studies in German History
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845451790
SKU
V9781845451790
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Ref
99-15
About Christine Von Oertzen
Christine von Oertzen is a Research scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Before joining the MPI in June 2005, she was a Fellow at the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC
Reviews for The Pleasure of a Surplus Income. Part-time Work, Politics of Gender, and Social Change in West Germany.
"... the level of detail of this fine-grained analysis is clearly the book’s strength... Offering new insights into the dynamics of gender relations, employment and social change, its implications extend beyond the German context. Especially the methodological approach, combining the analysis of official documents, discourses and motivations with labour market statistics, case studies and qualitative interview material is convincing and ... Read more