Work and Family in Transition, 7.5 credits
The course is discontinued from 2023-06-19
Contents
The course "Work and Family in Transition" deals with the relationship between work and family in North America and Europe. The course pays special attention to Sweden and the particular conditions that prevail here. The course addresses a number of themes, including: demographic change and its effects on family composition and the labour market; gender relations in the labour market; the effects of conflict between work and family life; and the division of paid and unpaid labour in families.
Expected learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course, the student will:
- be familiar with, and able to describe research on the relations between work and family in Europe and North America
- be able to reflect on, and discuss the factors affecting the relationship between the labour market, family life and demographic change
- be able to use the knowledge aquired during the course to describe and discuss, in writing, a relevant theme in some depth.
Required Knowledge
Basic eligibility.
Form of instruction
The course content is delivered through lectures, seminars, group exercises, and individual presentations. Attendance at seminars and at individual presentation sessions is compulsory.
Examination modes
The course is examined through a written essay. This essay will address a question developed in consultation with a course tutor. It is expected that the essay will draw on the course literature, as well as on other relevant articles and books identified by the student.
The grading scale for this course is: Pass with merit; Pass; Fail. International students will be graded in accordance with the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Attendance at the compulsory seminars is required in order to be eligible for a ”pass” grade for the course as a whole.
Grading decisions are based on an assessment of the individual student’s performance. In case of a student being awarded a “fail” grade, she or he has the right to be re-examined in a form and at a time agreed upon in consultation with the examiner.
Students have the right to be re-examined up to five times per course. Examination and supplementary examination based on the syllabus outlined here can be guaranteed for up to two years after the start of the course. If a student is awarded a “fail” grade on at least two consecutive attempts of the examination of the course or course component, she or he has the right to request a new examiner. The director of studies should be consulted in such circumstances.
Other regulations
Academic credit transfers are always reviewed individually (see the University’s set of rules and academic credit transfer regulations).
Literature
Valid from: 2013 week 36
Crompton Rosemary
Employment and the family
: the reconfiguration of work and family life in contemporary societies
New York :
Cambridge University Press :
2006 :
244 s. :
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005018258.htmlz Innehållsförtäckning
ISBN: 0-521-60075-8 (hft.)
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
Daly Mary
Changing family life in Europe: Significance for state and society
Included in:
European societies[Elektronisk resurs].
London :
Taylor & Francis :
2002- :
379-398 pages
Mandatory
Housework, Paid Work, and Depression Among Husbands and Wives
Glass J, Fujimoto T
Included in:
Journal of health & social behavior
American Sociological Association :
179-191 pages
Mandatory
Work-family conflict, policies, and the job-life satisfaction relationship:
: A review and directions for organizational behavior human resources research.
Kossek EE, Ozeki C
Included in:
Journal of applied psychology[Elektronisk resurs].
Washington :
American Psychological Association :
139-149 pages
Mandatory
OECD report:
Families are changing
Included in:
Doing better for families
Paris :
OECD :
c2011. :
275 p. :
Mandatory
The division of household labor
Shelton BA, John D
Included in:
Annual review of sociology.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
Annual Reviews Inc. :
1975- :
299-322 pages
Mandatory
Voydanoff P
The effects of work demands and resources on work-to-family conflict and facilitation.
Included in:
Journal of marriage and family
[Malden, MA] :
Blackwell Publishing :
2000- :
398-412 pages
Mandatory