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

• Autore: Bookman Ann <1948->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3/6
• Soggetto topico: Work and family; Work and family - United States; Families; Community life; Working mothers
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Starting in our own backyards
• ISBN: 1-138-98286-5; 1-135-95062-8; 1-280-04614-7; 0-203-49736-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819105003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II