Changing Times: Work and Leisure in Postindustrial Society
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Author Description
If we can measure how the members of a society spend their time, we have the elements of a certain sort of account of how that society works. This is what Jonathan Gershuny provides in Changing Times, using 120,000 survey-diary accounts of daily life in twenty countries from the 1960s on to construct an account of how time-use patterns have changed in the developed world over the last third of a century and to relate these changes to economic development. His analysis of the data and of existing theoretical approaches highlights, and goes some way to addressing, problems in the standard National Accounting classifications of work and will become the foundation of a new approach to the economics and sociology of time.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This book investigates the relationship between economic development and the evolving patterns of daily life in postindustrial societies. Jonathan Gershuny, a prominent sociologist, utilizes a massive dataset of 120,000 survey-diary accounts to construct a longitudinal analysis of time-use trends across twenty countries. By critiquing standard National Accounting classifications of work, the author proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the intersection of labor, leisure, and social structure.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Longitudinal analysis of time-use patterns spanning from the 1960s to the late 20th century.
- Comparative data derived from twenty developed nations.
- Critical evaluation of existing National Accounting methodologies regarding work and leisure.
- A new theoretical model for the sociology and economics of time.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this work as a foundational text for researchers studying time-use statistics and postindustrial labor trends. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the rigorous empirical approach taken by the author.
Page Count:
312
Publication Date:
2001-01-11
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0198287879
ISBN-13:
9780198287872
Economics
Leisure
Sociology
Social Science
Time Use
Work
Time
Labor Studies
Economics
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