Gendering European Working Time Regimes - The Working Time Directive and the Case of Poland

Ania Zbyszewska's feminist, socio-legal approach to the European working time regime examines its gender dynamics and influence in the Polish working time reform.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Theorizing the gendered politics of working time regulation in multilevel contexts; 2. The European Union universe of political discourse on working time: from security to flexibility and beyond; 3. The European Union Working Time Directive: laying the gender-neutral foundation for a flexible working time regime; 4. The Polish working time regime from socialism to the liberal democracy: long hours, women's double burden, and social reproduction; 5. Consolidating flexibility: the Polish working time regime, gender, and social reproduction in the run-up to and since the European Union accession; 6. Social reproduction, gender, working time regulation: change on the bedrock of continuity; Appendix A. Statistical tables; Appendix B. Key features of the Polish working time regime over the years; Appendix C. Key labour code amendments 2001-9: provisions on working time and work-family reconciliation.

About the author

Ania Zbyszewska is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Warwick Law School.

Summary

Ania Zbyszewska's feminist, socio-legal study of the European working time regime examines its historical development and influence in the Polish working time reform, focusing on the gendered dynamics and the relationship between the EU and national politics and law. This study will be of interest to legal and feminist scholars, and policy makers.

Product details

• Authors: Ania Zbyszewska, Ania (University of Warwick) Zbyszewska, Zbyszewska Ania
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781107547117
• ISBN: 978-1-107-54711-7
• No. of pages: 319
• Series: Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy; Cambridge Studies in European; Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy; Cambridge Studies in European
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Poland, LAW / Gender & the Law, Gender & the law, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Law and society, gender issues