Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-237) and index.

Confronting the challenges of work today : new horizons and perspectives / Jane Parry ... [et al.] -- Shifting boundaries and interconnections : extending the "total social organization of labour" / Miriam Glucksmann -- Friends, relations and colleagues : the blurred boundaries of the workplace / Lynne Pettinger -- Interaction distance and the social meaning of occupations / Wendy Bottero -- Changing times : flexibilization and the re-organization of work in feminized labour markets / Angela Coyle -- Time and labour : fathers' perceptions of employment and childcare / Esther Dermott -- Doing the dirty work of social class? : mothers' work in support of their children's schooling / Diane Reay -- Rethinking voluntary work / Rebecca F. Taylor -- Markets and politics : public and private relations in the case of prostitution / Jackie West and Terry Austrin -- Care in the community? : gender and the reconfiguration of community work in a post-mining neighbourhood / Jane Parry -- Public and private : implications for care work / Pat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong -- Care, work and feeling / Clare Ungerson -- Welfare state regimes and the social organization of labour : childcare arrangements and the work/family balance dilemma / Margarita León.