Working families [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation of the American home
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| Autore: |
Hertz Rosanna
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| Titolo: |
Working families [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation of the American home
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3/6/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Children of working parents - United States |
| Dual-career families-- United States | |
| Work and family - United States | |
| Altri autori: |
MarshallNancy L
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Rise of the Dual-Earner Family, 1963-1997; 2. Gendered Careers: A Life-Course Perspective; 3. Getting Younger While Getting Older: Family-Building at Midlife; 4. Men's Family Work: Child-Centered Fathering and the Sharing of Domestic Labor; 5. Family-Responsive Benefits and the Two-Tiered Labor Market; 6. How Are Small Businesses Responding to Work and Family Issues?; 7. Part-Time Work Arrangements and the Corporation: A Dynamic Interaction; 8. Toward a New View of Work and Family Life |
| 9. Work, Family, and Globalization: Broadening the Scope of Policy Analysis10. Changing the Structure and Culture of Work: Work and Family Conflict, Work Flexibility, and Gender Equity in the Modern Workplace; 11. Workplace Policies and the Psychological Well-Being of First-Time Parents: The Case of Working-Class Families; 12. Work, Family, and Gender in Medicine: How Do Dual-Earners Decide Who Should Work Less?; 13. From Baby-sitters to Child Care Providers: The Development of a Feminist Consciousness in Family Day Care Workers | |
| 14. Children, Work, and Family: Some Thoughts on ""Mother-Blame""15. The Kinderdult: The New Child Born to Conflict between Work and Family; 16. Passing between the Worlds of Maid and Mistress: The Life of a Mexican Maid's Daughter; 17. Eavesdropping Children, Adult Deals, and Cultures of Care; 18. Pick-up Time at Oakdale Elementary School: Work and Family from the Vantage Points of Children; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The dynamics of work and parenthood are in the midst of a revolutionary shift in the United States. Focused around a major factor in this shift--the rise of dual-income families--this groundbreaking volume provides a highly informative snapshot of the intricate fabric of work and family in the United States. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Working families |
| ISBN: | 0-520-92603-X |
| 1-59875-014-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780081503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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