Community, Work and Family

VOLUME 2  Number 3  December 1999

Articles
Voices from the Valleys: researching lone mothers’ talk
Sarah Oerton & Karen Atkinson 229

Working in the hidden economy: the experience of unemployed men in the UK
Judith A. Sixsmith 257

Research Report
Living apart together
Irene Levin & Jan Trost 279

Case Study
A best case scenario? Non-manual part-time work and job-sharing in UK local government in the 1990s
Celia M. Stanworth 295

Controversy and Contentions
Should we expect commitment?
Ian Ashman 311

Voices
Getting away on a sabbatical
Mary Campbell Stewart 317

News of Current Research 321

Book Reviews
Jobs, technology and people (by N. Chmiel); Trends in organizational behaviour

(by C. L. Cooper & D.H.Rousseau); Work, leisure and well-being (by J. Haworth).

Reviewed by Jeremy J. Foster 323

Developing organisational consultancy (by J. E. Neumann, K. Kellner & A. Dawson-Shepherd (Eds); reviewed by Christine Adcock) 326

Social organization of medical work (by Anselm L. Strauss, Shizuko Fagerhaugh, Barbara Suczek & Carolyn Wiener; reviewed by Iain McLean) 328

Taking time: Parental leave policy and corporate culture (by Mindy Fried; reviewed by Janet Smithson) 330

Books Received 333

Title-page, Contents & Author Index, 1999

Community, Work and Family

VOLUME 2  Number 2  August 1999
ARTICLES
Self made women, agency and work commitment
Fiona Scheibl 117

The role of self-advocacy in work for people with learning difficulties
Judd Skelton & Michele Moore 133

Job insecurity and well-being: a longitudinal study among male and female employees in Finland
Saija Mauno & Ulla Kinnunen 147

Community distress predicting welfare exits: the under-examined factor
for families in the United States
Melissa S. Huber & Ellen Ernst Kossek 173

CASE STUDY
Employee experiences with family and medical leave: a case study
Blanche Grosswald & Andrew E. Scharlach 187

CONTROVERSY AND CONTENTIONS
Sense of community: issues and considerations from a cross-cultural
perspective
Christopher C. Sonn, Brian J. Bishop & Neil M. Drew 205

Community, Work and Family

VOLUME 2  Number 1  April 1999
EDITORIAL
SUZAN LEWIS & CAROLYN KAGAN 5

ARTICLES
Bridging the work–family policy and productivity gap: a literature review
ELLEN ERNST KOSSEK & CYNTHIA OZEKI 7

A historical perspective on the working contributions of children in Britain:
1800–1914
TOM COCKBURN 33

Environmental hazards and home loss: the social construction of becoming
homeless
ESTHER WIESENFELD & REBECA PANZA 51

Stress, satisfaction and role conflict in dual-doctor partnerships
VIVIEN SWANSON & KEVIN G. POWER 67

CONTROVERSY AND CONTENTIONS
Cary Cooper’s paper ‘The changing nature of work’—an alternative view
PAUL KELLY 89

CASE STUDY
Family businesses in Argentina: current issues
ROBERTO KERTÉSZ & CLARA I. ATALAYA 93

BOOK REVIEWS 105

NEWS OF CURRENT RESEARCH

ANNOUNCEMENT OF SPECIAL ISSUE

Community, Work and Family

VOLUME 1  Number 3  December 1998
ARTICLES
The polarisation and intensification of parental employment in Britain:
consequences for children, families and the community
JULIA BRANNEN & PETER MOSS 229

Where do I fit in? Factors influencing women’s participation in rural
communities
SHERIDAN J. COAKES & BRIAN J. BISHOP 249

Dual-earner couples and the decision to work less: A conceptual model
ROSALIND C. BARNETT & LENA LUNDGREN 273

RESEARCH REPORT
Helping mothers to combine paid and unpaid work—or fighting
unemployment? The ambiguities of French family policy
JEANNE FAGNANI 297

CONTROVERSY AND CONTENTIONS
The changing nature of work
CARY L. COOPER 313

VOICES
Introduction 319

Moving for mainstream
KATIE CLARKE 321

Reflections of an ordinary life
PHILIP ANDERSON 325

People with learning difficulties share views on their involvement in a
performing arts group 329

BOOK REVIEW 335

REVIEW ESSAY 339

BOOKS RECEIVED 343

NEWS OF RESEARCH PROJECTS 345

Title-page, Contents & Author Index, 1998

Community, Work and Family

VOLUME 1  Number 2  August 1998
ARTICLES
Ties that bind: US suburban residents on the social and civic dimensions
of work
MARIA T. POARCH 125

Mothering, equality and the individual: feminist debates and welfare
policies in the USA and Sweden
CELIA WINKLER 149

Community and family in Venezuela. Reflections on paradigms and
theoretical models
MARÍ´A LUISA PLATONE 167

Community welfare organisations in Australia: activism or industry?
SUSAN KENNY 179

VOICES
Sharon: a self-employed lone parent with a disabled child 197

CONTROVERSY AND CONTENTIONS
Home: public or private space?
EILEEN FAIRHURST 201

BOOK REVIEW
Work and integrity: The crisis and promise of professionalism in America
(by W. M. Sullivan; reviewed by Duane M. Covrig) 205

REVIEW ESSAY
On Psychology and society: radical theory and practice (by Ian Parker &
Russell Spears (Eds))
RODERICK P. MARSHALL 209

BOOKS RECEIVED 215

NEWS OF CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES
Equal opportunities and changing attitudes. Fathers on paternity leave
in Iceland
HILDUR JONSDOTIR 217

ANNOUNCEMENT 219

Community, Work and Family

VOLUME 1  Number 1  April 1998

Editorial
CAROLYN KAGAN & SUZAN LEWIS 5

OBSERVATIONS
Reflections on community, work and family linkages
ANITA RODDICK 11

ARTICLES
Only one pair of hands: ways that single mothers stretch
work and family resources
ROSANNA HERTZ & FAITH I. FERGUSON 13

Communities and academics: a developing dialogue
PETER M. FORSTER 39

Women, work, and family in the Czech Republic—and
comparisons with the West
PHYLLIS H. RAABE 51

Psychosocial community work as an alternative mode of
political action (The construction and critical transformation
of society)
MARITZA MONTERO 65

Civil society, social capital and the Twelve Step group
GRAZYNA ZAJDOW 79

VOICES
Challenging stereotypes of British-Asian women’s experiences
of work and family life
KALMINDER KAUR 91

Listening to care-givers: the community, work and family
interface
VIC RILEY 95

CONTROVERSY AND CONTENTIONS
Secure and fulfilling work
JOHN DAVIS 99

BOOK REVIEWS
Community psychology and social change: Australian and New Zealand
perspectives (by D. Thomas & V. Veno (Eds); reviewed by Ian Flemming) 103

Children’s reflections on family life (by Michele Moore, Judith Sixsmith &
Kath Knowles; reviewed by Tom Shakespeare) 104

REVIEW ESSAY
On Feminist perspectives on caregiving: policies for gender justice (by Nancy
Hooyman & Judith Gonyea)
SHARON M. KEIGHER 107

FORTHCOMING SPECIAL ISSUES 113

ANNOUNCEMENT 113