Dr Susan Milner

Reader in European Studies

Head of Department: European Studies and Modern Languages

Telephone: +44 1225 385355

Fax: +44 1225 386099

E-mail: s.e.milner@bath.ac.uk

Postal Address:
European Studies and Modern Languages
University of Bath
Bath, BA2 7AY
United Kingdom

Research interests

-Employment and labour market policies in Europe.

NEW/FORTHCOMING 2009 Guest editor (with Abigail Gregory), special issue of Gender, Work and Organization on Work-Life Balance

Recent publications

Research reports

(with A. Gregory) 'Les pères à la recherche d'un équilibre entre vie familiale et professionnelle', final report (182 pages + appendices) submitted and approved July 2005.

Journal articles

Globalisation and employment in France: between flexibility and protection, Modern and Contemporary France, 9/3, 2001, 327-337.

For an alternative Europe: Euroscepticism and the French left since the Maastricht Treaty,European Studies, 20 (special issue: Euroscepticism). 2004, pp. 59-81. Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi.. eds. Harmsen R, Spiering M. .

(with A. Gregory) Investissements paternels et dispositifs publics, une comparaison franco-britannique, Recherches et Prévisions, 76, 2004, 63-78.

(with A. Gregory) Les entreprises et la conciliation de la vie professionnelle et familiale, Recherches et Prévisions, 85, 2006, 5-27.

Paths to retirement: The French life-course regime and the regulation of older workers' employment, French Politics, 5, 2007, 229-252.

(with A. Gregory) Fatherhood regimes and father involvement in Britain and France, Community, Work and Family, 11, 1, 2008, 61-84.

Book chapters

(with R. Mouriaux) Les syndicats anglais, français et allemands face aux opinions publiques, in M. Pigenet, P. Pasture, J.-L. Robert (eds) L'apogée des syndicalismes en Europe occidentale, Editions de la Sorbonne, 2005, 203-226.

Protection, reform and political will: France and the European Social Model, in H. Drake (ed.) France's Relations with the European Union (Routledge, 2005), pp.105-123.

Urban governance and local democracy in France, in A. Cole and G.Raymond (eds) Redefining the French Republic (Manchester UP, 2006) pp.65-81.

Cultural identities and the European city, in M. Demossier (ed.) The European Puzzle (Berghahn, 2007) pp.183-206.

Other publications

(with A. Gregory) Sloan Foundation on-line encyclopaedia (2005) on Work-Life interface A.Gregory and S. Milner, Fatherhood: Comparative Western Perspectives.

(with A. Gregory) 'The "safari" method in cross-national research: benefits and pitfalls'), ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, on-line research paper

(with A. Gregory) guest editorship of special issue of Gender, Work and Organization plus introduction: Work-Life Balance. A Matter of Choice?

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