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Discretionary time : = a new measure of freedom /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Discretionary time :/ Robert E. Goodin [and others].
Reminder of title:	a new measure of freedom /
Author:	Goodin, Robert E.,
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 462 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Quality of life - Evaluation. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511611452
ISBN:	9780511611452 (ebook)

Discretionary time : = a new measure of freedom /
Goodin, Robert E.,

Discretionary time :a new measure of freedom /Robert E. Goodin [and others]. - 1 online resource (xix, 462 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Time and money -- Discretionary time and temporal autonomy -- The distribution of discretionary time -- Time pressure : a new problem? -- Time pressure : a new measure -- Is it really an illusion? -- How welfare regimes differ -- A temporal perspective on welfare regimes -- Welfare regime and temporal autonomy -- How gender regimes differ -- A temporal perspective on gender regimes -- Gender regimes and temporal autonomy -- How household regimes differ -- The difference that household rules make -- The difference that states make -- Alternative household rules and temporal autonomy.

A healthy work-life balance has become increasingly important to people trying to cope with the pressures of contemporary society. This trend highlights the fallacy of assessing well-being in terms of finance alone; how much time we have matters just as much as how much money. The authors of this book have developed a novel way to measure 'discretionary time': time which is free to spend as one pleases. Exploring data from the US, Australia, Germany, France, Sweden and Finland, they show that temporal autonomy varies substantially across different countries and under different living conditions. By calibrating how much control people have over their time, and how much they could have under alternative welfare, gender or household arrangements, this book offers a new perspective for comparative cross-national enquiries into the temporal aspects of human welfare.

ISBN: 9780511611452 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

783101
Quality of life
--Evaluation.

LC Class. No.: HN25 / .G66 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 306.0723

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