Wordt het geen tijd 'arbeid' breder te omschrijven?

Samenvatting

As a partial solution to increasing unemployment, Dutch politicians are trying to extend the definition of labor to include unpaid forms of work, such as household tasks. The question of whether this is a realistic attempt, in light of the development of particular norms & values in the society, is examined. An analysis of recent research on the shortening of work time shows that the proposed broadening of the definition of work can be fruitful; but a solution has yet to be found to the dominant problem of materialism in contemporary Dutch society. Modified HA