02694cam a2200349 a 4500 171110399 3228 20230912154726.0 080405s2008 enka b 001 0 eng 2008295241 9780521882989 Hardcover 0521882982 (hbk.) 9780521709514 (pbk.) 0521709512 (pbk.) (OCoLC)171110399 (OCoLC)236185733 UKM eng UKM DLC YDXCP BTCTA BAKER NTE CUY IXA OKU UV1 A7U BDX UKMGB OCLCO DEBSZ ukscp lccopycat 306.0723 GOOD Gooddin, R.E 181710 Discretionary time : a new measure of freedom / Robert E. Goodin, James M Rice,Antti Parpo, Lina Eriksson Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. xix, 462 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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."--BOOK JACKET. Quality of life Evaluation. 181711 Well-being Evaluation. 181712 Leisure. 181713 Time Sociological aspects. 181714 Goodin, Robert E. 181715 ddc BOOK 162 Elsie Maluleke 162 Elsie Maluleke 757126 757125 0 0 ddc 0 0 LYDEL MAFEL Non_Fiction 2023-09-12 0 306.0723 GOOD 33228031025822 2023-09-12 2023-09-12 BOOK