DAN CLAWSON is professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. NAOMI GERSTEL is Distinguished University Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
"Unequal Time is a meticulously and creatively researched study of
how time at home and work is understood and managed. Time is not
only an individual possession, but is relational. 'Normal
unpredictability' rules. Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel explore the
gaps between the rhetoric and realities of workplace flexibility.
They find that flexibility is not just a matter of choice, but
power."--Robert Aronowitz, M.D., professor and chair, History and
Sociology of Science,
University of Pennsylvania
"Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel provide a powerful account of how
inequalities are at the core of many of the vexing problems of work
and family. Based on in-depth multi-method research in the health
care industry, and this compelling book will change the way you
think about work time issues. Essential reading for scholars and
practitioners alike."--Juliet Schor, professor of sociology, Boston
College
"How long is the workday, and how thick the paycheck? To these
questions, scholars have offered answers. But the key questions,
Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel propose in this fascinating book,
are: how shielded are we from unpredictable demands? And how do we
control the unpredictability we're made to face? Comparing doctors,
nurses, EMTs and nursing assistants, men and women, the authors
explore the lives of the 'haves' and 'have-nots' of such control,
as well as the friends, co-workers and family on whom they call to
create orderly lives in an increasingly disorderly world. A
thought-provoking and very important read."--Arlie Hochschild,
professor emerita, University of California, Berkeley
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