Contents
List of Tables and Figures
About the Authors
Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Unpredictability and Unequal Control in a Web of Time
Chapter 2: Conceps and Methods
Chapter 3: The Context: Occupations and Organizations
Chapter 4: Setting the Official Schedule
Part II: The Forms of Unpredictability
Chapter 5: Unpredictabiliity and Churning: Is There a Fixed Schedule?
Chapter 6: Adding Time to the Official Schedule
Chapter 7: Taking Time Off: Sick Leaves and Vacations
Part III: Families and Jobs: Creating and Responding to Unpredictability
Chapter 8: Unequal Families: Class Shapes Women's Responses to Unpredictability
Chapter 9: Unequal Families: Class Shapes Men's Responses to Unpredictability
Part IV: Strategies to Address Unpredictability
Chapter 10: Finding Solutions in the Web of Time: Coworkers
Chapter 11: The Push of the Family and the Pull of the Job
Part V: Conclusion
Chapter 12: Inequality and the Normal Unpredictability of Time
Notes
References
Index