The rise and decline of the 'male breadwinner family' in Britain
研究了英国男性养家家庭模式的兴起与衰落，分析了其围绕性别分工、家庭经济支持、时间分配及婚姻育儿规范的“契约”如何瓦解，并指出需建立新契约以兼顾性别平等与解决新问题。
This paper examines changes in the historical 'compact' around the male breadwinner family (MBWF) in Britain. The rise of the MBWF produced a 'compact' covering the sexual division of labour, the economic support of family members, the distribution of time and the regulation of marriage and parenthood. Its decline has been accompanied by an erosion of each dimension of this compact, which has reduced gender inequalities but produced other problems. The author argues that a new compact is required if solutions to these problems are to be combined with an extension of gender equity. Particular attention is paid to the role of shorter working hours as a component of different social arrangements over time. Copyright 1999 by Oxford University Press.