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Author Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs

Title The Part-time Paradox : Time Norms, Professional Life, Family and Gender
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (188 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; PART I THE SOCIAL MEANING OF PROFESSIONAL TIME; 1. Introduction; 2. The Social Context of Time Deviance; 3. Time and the Practices and Rituals of the Legal Profession; PART II CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON PART-TIME WORK AND ITS CONSEQUENCES; 4. Part-Time Work as Deviance: Stigmatization and Its Consequences; 5. Perspectives on Accommodating Part-Time Work; 6. Calculating the Economics of Part-Time Work; PART III CAREER ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN PART-TIME LEGAL WORK; 7. Mobility
8. Job Security and Insecurity: The Vulnerability of Part-Time Positions9. Part-Time Status and Rank Discrepancies: Status Incongruity; 10. Commitment and Professional Status; 11. Collegiality; 12. Justice and Fairness; PART IV THE FAMILY AND PART-TIME WORK; 13. Parents, Children, Child Care, and the Division of Labor in the Family; PART V TECHNOLOGY; 14. Technology and Part-Time Lawyering; PART VI; 15. Conclusion; PART VII APPENDICES; Appendix A. Research Methodology; Appendix B. Part-Time Work Policies and Issues They Cover; Appendix C. Tables; Bibliography; Endnotes; Index
Summary First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
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Subject Part-time lawyers -- United States
Practice of law -- United States
Part-time lawyers
Practice of law
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Seron, Carroll
Oglensky, Bonnie
Sauté, Robert
ISBN 9781317795292
1317795296