Worklife Balance
The Agency and Capabilities Gap
Edited by Barbara Hobson
Author Information
Barbara Hobson, Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University
Barbara Hobson holds a professor's chair in Sociology, with a specialization in comparative gender studies at Stockholm University. She has published many books and articles on gender and welfare states concerning themes of gender and citizenship, men and social politics, and social movements and gender diversity in welfare states. Her recent publications have focused on sociological applications of the capabilities approach, including articles on fertility and fathers and work-life balance. She has been Strand Coordinator for the EC FP6 Network of Excellence 'Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe' (RECWOWE, 2007-11). She is founder and co-editor of the journal Social Politics published by Oxford University Press.
Contributors:
Nevenka Cernigoj Sadar, University of Ljubljana
Laura den Dulk, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Sonja Drobnic, University of Hamburg
Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Colette Fagan, University of Manchester
Susanne Fahlén, Stockholm University
Sandra Groeneveld, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Barbara Hobson, Stockholm University
Saori Kamano, Stanford University
Aleksandra Kanjuo Mrcela, University of Ljubljana
Margarita León, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona
Suzan Lewis, Middlesex University Business School
Tomoko Matsuda, Bukkyo University
Setsuko Onode, Kyoto Kacho University
Bram Peper, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Janet Smithson, University of Exeter
Mieko Takahashi, Osaka University
Judit Takács, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Kyoko Yoshizumi, Otemon Gakuin University
Pierre Walthery, University of Manchester