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H. Jarvis - Work/Life City Limits - 9781349512003 - V9781349512003
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Work/Life City Limits

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Description for Work/Life City Limits Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBL; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This book demonstrates how local contexts of urbanization and cultures of work are intimately meshed together. Each chapter explores a discrete dimension of the way people organize their working lives in post-industrial cities, taking close account of the social and environmental impact of this balancing act. The book features cross-national and inter-city comparative household level research, highlighting significant contradictions underpinning the nature of production, consumer expectation, work-life balance and urban environmental quality.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349512003
SKU
V9781349512003
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About H. Jarvis
HELEN JARVIS is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. She received her doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science and held a prestigious Economic and Social Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship for three years. She is co-author of The Secret Life of Cities.

Reviews for Work/Life City Limits
'Drawing on absorbing personal testimonies as well as incisive analyses of city form, labour market change, new urban policies for sustainability and the differential impact of economic liberalism in two societies, Jarvis weaves a spell-binding story...This book is an important addition to the expanding interdisciplinary field connecting the worlds of employment and home life.' - Linda McDowell, Professor of Human ... Read more

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