Preferanseteorien

Preferanseteori (eng., Preference theory) er en samfunnsvitenskapelig teori om kvinners investering i produktivt og reproduktivt arbeid, utviklet av Catherine Hakim.^[1] Preferanseteorien er en historisk informert, empirisk basert, tverrfaglig teori om kvinners valg mellom lønnet arbeid og familiearbeid. Teorien legger til grunn at forskjeller i kvinners valg mellom som gjelder arbeidstid og karriereutvikling reflekterer kvinners orientering mot henholdsvis familie og arbeid.

Preferanseteorien er kontroversiell og har blitt imøtegått av andre forskere, det har gjennom flere år pågått en faglig debatt om teorien særlig i British Journal of Sociology.

Litteratur

Hakim, Catherine: Developing a sociology for the twenty-first century^{[død lenke]}: Preference Theory. British Journal of Sociology 49 (1998): 137–43.
Hakim, Catherine: Work-Lifestyle Choices in the 21st Century: Preference Theory. Oxford University Press, 2000.
Hakim, Catherine: A New Approach to Explaining Fertility Patterns: Preference Theory, Population and Development Review 29 (2004): 349–374.
Hakim, Catherine: Models of the Family in Modern Societies: Ideals and Realities, Aldershot: Ashgate, juni 2003.
Hakim, Catherine: Women, careers, and work-life preferences, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 34: 279-294, august 2006.
Hakim, Catherine: Public morality versus personal choice: the failure of social attitude surveys, British Journal of Sociology, 54: 339-45, september 2003.
Hakim, Catherine: Lifestyle preferences as determinants of women's differentiated labour market careers, Work and Occupations, 29: 428-459, november 2002.
Hakim, Catherine: The politics of female diversity in the 21st century, sidene 191-227 i The Future of Gender red: J. Browne, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Hakim, Catherine: Sex differences in work-life balance goals, sidene 55-79 i Work-Life Balance in the Twenty-First Century, red: D. Houston, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Hakim, Catherine: Lifestyle preferences versus patriarchal values: causal and non-causal attitudes, sidene 69-91 i Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies, red: J. Z. Giele og E. Holst, Oxford: Elsevier, januar 2004.
Hakim, Catherine: Women's lifestyle preferences in the 21st century: Implications for family policy i The Future of Motherhood in Europe, red: J. Schippers, G. Beets og E. te Velde, Dordrecht NL and Hingham MA: Springer, april 2011.

Referanser

^ Gordon Marshall, "Preference Theory", A Dictionary of Sociology, (Oxford Paperback Reference, 1998).

Autoritetsdata

[Marshall-1] Gordon Marshall, "Preference Theory", A Dictionary of Sociology, (Oxford Paperback Reference, 1998).

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