This book is concerned with the significance of time in work and everyday life. The contributors are among the foremost authorities in the field, and their up-to-date contributions consider the changing social meanings that time has in work, leisure and everyday routines. Together they provide a combination of theoretical and empirically-based approaches that reveal the social significance of time in all aspects of everyday lives.
Author Biography:
KOEN BREEDVELD Research Fellow, Social and Cultural Planning Office, The Netherlands
MARILYN CARROLL Research Associate, European Work and Employment Research Centre, Manchester School of Management
DAVINA CHAPLIN previously Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire
ROSEMARY DEEM Professor of Education, University of Bristol
COLETTE FAGAN Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester
JONATHAN GERSHUNY Director, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
JACKIE GOODE Researcher, Management Centre, King's College London
SAM HILLYARD Lecturer in Sociology, University of Nottingham
MARY HOLMES Lecturer in Sociology, University of Aberdeen
DAVID KNIGHTS Professor of Organizational Analysis, Head of the School of Management, Keele University
WIM KNULST Professor, Leisure Studies Department, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
MICHAEL NEARY Lecturer in Sociology, University of Warwick
PAMELA ODIH Lecturer in Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London
GLENN RIKOWSKI Lecturer, University College, Northampton
KEN ROBERTS Professor of Sociology, University of Liverpool
ELIZABETH BORTOLAIA SILVA Senior Research Fellow in Sociology, and Research Director, National Everyday Cultures Programme, Open University
MARK SMITH Lecturer in Employment Studies, Manchester School of Management
JOHN URRY Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University
ANDRIES VAN DEN BROEK Research Unit, Social and Cultural Planning Office, The Netherlands
TRACEY WARREN Lecturer in Sociology, University of Nottingham