In 2008, Letablier was a member of the Executive Committee of the
European Sociological Association (ESA) and a member of the Committee for Communications. ESA is an association aimed to facilitate sociological research, teaching and communication on European issues, and to build networks between European sociologists.[2]
As a woman who has grown up during the seventies, she has developed research interests concerning family and gender issues. They have been mainly studied in a European comparative perspective. She has participated in several European research networks: on Families and Family Policies (for
Sweden and
France), on
Gender and
Employment (for
Germany and
France), on Social practices and Social Policies with regard to working and mothering, and on Childcare services.
In 2019, RN33 – Women's and Gender Studies celebrated its 10th anniversary. Letablier is a current member of the Research Network 33 Board.[2]
Selected works
Books
Letablier, Marie-Thérèse; Hantrais, Linda (1996). Families and family policies in Europe. London, New York: Longman.
ISBN978-0-582-24767-3.
Letablier, Marie-Thérèse; Fagnani, Jeanne (2001). Famille et travail: contraintes et arbitragese. Problèmes politiques et sociaux (in French). Paris, France: La documentation français.
OCLC47697644.
Letablier, Marie-Thérèse; Barbier, Jean-Claude (2005). Politiques sociales (Social policies) (in French and English). Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin etc: PIE-P. Lang.
ISBN978-9-052-01420-3.
Chapters
Letablier, Marie-Thérèse; Lanquetin, Marie-Thérèse; Laufer, Jacqueline (2000), "From equality to reconciliation in France?", in Hantrais, Linda (ed.), Gendered policies in Europe: reconciling employment and family life, New York: St. Martin's Press, pp. 68–88,
ISBN978-0-333-73982-2.
Letablier, Marie-Thérèse; Fagnani, Jeanne (2005), "Social rights and care responsibility in the French welfare state", in Pfau-Effinger, Birgit; Geissler, Birgit (eds.), Care and social integration in European societies, Bristol, UK: Policy Press, pp. 153–172,
ISBN978-1-861-34604-9.
Letablier, Marie-Thérèse; Fagnani, Jeanne (2005), "La politique familiale française", in
Maruani, Margaret (ed.), Femmes, genre et sociétés: l'état des savoirs (in French), Paris: La Découverte, pp. 167–175,
ISBN978-2-707-14412-6.
Letablier, Marie-Thérèse; Fagnani, Jeanne (2006), "The French 35–hour working law and the work-life balance of parents: friend or foe?", in Perrons, Diane; Fagan, Colette; McDowell, Linda; Ray, Kath; Ward, Kevin (eds.), Gender divisions and working time in the new economy: changing patterns of work, care and public policy in Europe and North America, Northampton, Massachusetts: E. Elgar, pp. 79–90,
ISBN978-1-847-20497-4