Time Bomb by Barbara Pocock

Time Bomb by Barbara Pocock

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Time Bomb throws light on poor urban planning, workplace laws and practices, care obligations and other issues that rob us of time and put our households under pressure. And it looks at how work affects our response to the greatest concern of our time our environmental challenges.

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Time Bomb by Barbara Pocock

Relevant and sharp, this record turns a careful eye to the issue of time poverty, throwing light on poor urban planning, workplace policies, and other sociopolitical issues that rob working families of time. While maximising productivity and enhancing professional skills, Australians must raise their children, care for their elderly, be involved in their communities, and shrink their carbon footprints. This book investigates what it costs Australian families to do it all: how men’s time is taken up by work, crowding out their capacity to care, and how women struggle to strike a balance between professional ambition and household obligations. It also investigates how work impacts the response to the greatest concern of the 21st century—the planet’s sustainability.

Barbara Pocock is the inaugural director of the Center for Work + Life at the University of South Australia. Natalie Skinner is a research fellow at the Center for Work + Life, managing the Australian Work and Life Index. Philippa Williams is a research fellow at the Centre for Work + Life, managing the Work, Home, and Community Project.

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ISBN 13 9781742232959
ISBN 10 1742232957
Title Time Bomb
Author Barbara Pocock
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher NewSouth Publishing
Year published 2012-01-01
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.