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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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Autore: Gerson Kathleen Visualizza persona
Titolo: The unfinished revolution [[electronic resource] ] : how a new generation is reshaping family, work, and gender in America / / Kathleen Gerson Visualizza cluster
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
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-773725-0
0-19-974584-6
1-282-38805-3
9786612388057
0-19-970755-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811160803321
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