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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451394203321

Autore

Bookman Ann <1948->

Titolo

Starting in our own backyards [[electronic resource] ] : how working families can build community and survive the new economy / / Ann Bookman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-138-98286-5

1-135-95062-8

1-280-04614-7

0-203-49736-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Disciplina

306.3/6

Soggetti

Work and family

Work and family - United States

Families

Community life

Working mothers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

New terrain for work and family : making the community connection -- How friendly is the family-friendly workplace? : a look at the biotech industry -- All in the family : it's not a private affair -- Community as a starting point : place and participation -- More than roads and bridges -- Childcare and other building blocks of civil society -- The PTA is not the problem -- Not by bread alone -- The trials of a full-time working mom : or how I became a part-time worker and a part-time community activist -- From backyards to corporate boardrooms and beyond : all stakeholders welcome -- The call of community : vocation and avocation.

Sommario/riassunto

Containing interviews with more than 100 middle-class working parents in the Boston area, Bookman vividly illustrates the inherent conflicts faced by today's two-working-parent families and the often



unfortunate consequences for the community. In an important departure from the ongoing debate, she offers a new paradigm for the relationship between paid and unpaid work that could invigorate both family life and the quality of civil society.