GRAHAM CROW is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Southampton. His publications include, as author, Comparative Sociology and Social Theory and editor, The Sociology of Rural Communities. SUE HEATH is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Southampton. Her publications include as author, Preparation for Life? and as co-author with Fiona Devine, Sociological Research Methods in Context.

• List of Tables List of Figures Introduction: G.Crow & S.Heath PART I: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TIME Time, Complexity and the Global; J.Urry Service Regimes and the Political Economy of Time; J.Gershuny Politicizing Time: Temporal Issues for Second Wave Feminists; M.Holmes Time and Speed in the Social Universe of Capital; M.Neary & G.Rikowski PART II: WORK TIME How Many Hours? Work Time Regimes and Preferences in European Countries; C.Fagan Gendered and Classed Working Time in Britain: Dual-employee Couples in Higher/Lower Level Occupations; T.Warren Employment Patterns for the Future: Balancing Work and Family Life in Two Local Authorities; M.Smith & M.Carroll Making Time for Management: The Careers and Lives of Manager-Academics in UK Universities; R.Deem & S.Hillyard 'Big Brother is Watching You!'; Call Centre Surveillance and the Time Disciplines Subject; D.Knights & P.Odih PART III: TIME IN EVERYDAY LIFE Are Long or Unsocial Hours of Work Bad for Leisure?; K.Roberts Routine Matters: Narratives of Everyday Life in Families; E.B.Silva Roles, Rhythms and Routines: Towards a New Script of Daily Life in the Netherlands; A.van den Broek, K.Breedveld & W.Knulst Time for Life: Time for Being and Becoming; D.Chaplin Collecting Time: The Social Organization of Collecting; J.Goode Bibliography Index