The unfinished revolution [[electronic resource] ] : how a new generation is reshaping family, work, and gender in America / / Kathleen Gerson
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Gerson Kathleen
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The unfinished revolution [[electronic resource] ] : how a new generation is reshaping family, work, and gender in America / / Kathleen Gerson
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.850973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Families - United States |
| Work and family - United States | |
| Professional employees - United States | |
| Women employees - United States | |
| Male employees - United States | |
| Sex role - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: The Shaping of a New Generation; PART ONE: Growing Up in Changing Families; CHAPTER TWO: Families beyond the Stereotypes; CHAPTER THREE: The Rising Fortunes of Flexible Families; CHAPTER FOUR: Domestic Deadlocks and Declining Fortunes; PART TWO: Facing the Future; CHAPTER FIVE: High Hopes, Lurking Fears; CHAPTER SIX: Women's Search for Self-Reliance; CHAPTER SEVEN: Men's Resistance to Equal Sharing; CHAPTER EIGHT: Reaching across the Gender Divide; CHAPTER NINE: Finishing the Gender Revolution; Appendix 1: List of Respondents and Sample Demographics |
| Appendix 2: Studying Social and Individual ChangeNotes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The vast changes in family life--the rise of single, same-sex, and two-paycheck parents--have often been blamed for declining morality and unhappy children. Drawing upon pioneering research with the children of the gender revolution, Kathleen Gerson reveals that it is not a lack of ""family values,"" but rigid social and economic forces that make it difficult to live out those values. In the controversial public debate over modern American families, The Unfinished Revolution takes a measured approach, looking at the young adults who grew up in the tumultuous post-feminist period. Despite the e |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The unfinished revolution |
| ISBN: | 1-282-38805-3 |
| 9786612388057 | |
| 0-19-970755-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456678503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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