Quality of Life and Work in Europe

Intense globalization, rapidly changing workplaces and family patterns have renewed the international interest in quality of life. This book examines different institutional arrangements, work-place conditions and gendered work and care that affect the conditions for achieving quality of work and life in European countries.

TIMO ANTTILA researcher in the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä, FinlandMARGARET BÄCK-WIKLUND Professor of Social Work and Family Policy at the University of Gothenburg, SwedenMARGARIDA BARROSO PhD student at ISCTE-IUL and researcher at the Research Centre for Studies in Sociology (CIES), PortugalBARBARA BEHAM Assistant Professor at the Institute of Management at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in GermanyLEILA BILLQUIST Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, SwedenMICHAEL BROOKES Senior Lecturer in Economics at Middlesex University Business School, UKANNEKE VAN DOORNE-HUISKES Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and ICS Research School of Utrecht University, The NetherlandsMARIA DAS DORES GUERREIRO professor at the Department of Sociology, ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon University Institute, PortugalSONJA DROBNI? Professor of Sociology, Chair of Social Science Research Methods at the University of Hamburg, GermanyLAURA DEN DULK Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsDAVID ETHERINGTON Principal Researcher at the Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research at Middlesex University Business School, UKEVA FODOR Associate Professor of Gender Studies at the Central European University in Budapest, HungarySTANIMIR KABAIVANOV PhD student at the University of Plovdiv, BulgariaSIYKA KOVACHEVA Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Plovdiv, BulgariaLINDA LANE Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Work at University of Gothenburg, SwedenSUZAN LEWIS Professor of Organisational Psychology at Middlesex University Business School, UKTANJA VAN DER LIPPE Professor of Sociology of Households and Employment Relations at the Department of Sociology and Research School ICS of Utrecht University, The NetherlandsPOLINA MANOLOVA MA student in Social Policy at University of York, UKANNABELLE MARK Professor of Healthcare Organisation, Middlesex University, UK and Director of NHS General management Training Scheme Human resource specialismJOUKO NÄTTI Professor of Social Policy in the University of Tampere, FinlandPATRICK PRÄG PhD student at ICS/University of Groningen, The NetherlandsDOROTTYA REDAI PhD student at the Gender Studies Department of Central European University, HungaryEDUARDO ALEXANDRE RODRIGUES is a PhD student at Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE-IUL) and researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES) JOOP SCHIPPERS Professor of Labour and Gender Economics at Utrecht University, The NetherlandsSTEFAN SZÜCS Senior researcher at Centre for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), University of Gothenburg, SwedenSAKARI TAIPALE Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Science and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, FinlandROLAND VERWIEBE Professor for Social Stratification Research and Quantitative Methods at the University of Vienna, Austria