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Author : Marcia Carlson,Paula England
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804770897
This book offers an up-to-the-moment assessment of the condition of the American family in an era of growing inequality.
Author : Marcia J. Carlson,Paula England
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804779081
American families are far more diverse and complex today than they were 50 years ago. As ideas about marriage, divorce, and remarriage have changed, so too have our understandings about cohabitation, childbearing, parenting, and the transition to adulthood. Americans of all socioeconomic backgrounds have witnessed changes in the nature of family life, but as this book reveals, these changes play out in very different ways for the wealthy or well off than they do for the poor. Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America offers an up-to-the-moment assessment of the condition of the family in an era of growing inequality. Highlighting unique aspects of family behavior, it reveals the degree to which families' varying experiences are shaped by social class. This book offers a much needed assessment of contemporary family life amid the turbulent economic changes in the United States.
Author : Dimitri Mortelmans,Koenraad Matthijs,Elisabeth Alofs,Barbara Segaert
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785364983
Whether considered from an American or a European perspective, the past four decades have seen family life become increasingly complex. Changing Family Dynamics and Demographic Evolution examines the various stages of change through the image of a kaleidoscope, providing new insights into the field of family dynamics and diversity.
Author : Judith Treas,Jacqueline Scott,Martin Richards
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781119406037
Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume investigates modern-day family relationships, partnering, and parenting set against a backdrop of rapid social, economic, cultural, and technological change. Covers a broad range of topics, including social inequality, parenting practices, children’s work, changing patterns of citizenship, multi-cultural families, and changes in welfare state protection for families Includes many European, North American and Asian examples written by a team of experts from across five continents Features coverage of previously neglected groups, including immigrant and transnational families as well as families of gays and lesbians Demonstrates how studying social change in families is fundamental for understanding the transformations in individual and social life across the globe Extensively reworked from the original Companion published over a decade ago: three-quarters of the material is completely new, and the remainder has been comprehensively updated
Author : Paul R. Amato,Alan Booth,Susan M. McHale,Jennifer Van Hook
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319083087
The widening gap between the rich and the poor is turning the American dream into an impossibility for many, particularly children and families. And as the children of low-income families grow to adulthood, they have less access to opportunities and resources than their higher-income peers--and increasing odds of repeating the experiences of their parents. Families in an Era of Increasing Inequality probes the complex relations between social inequality and child development and examines possibilities for disrupting these ongoing patterns. Experts across the social sciences track trends in marriage, divorce, employment, and family structure across socioeconomic strata in the U.S. and other developed countries. These family data give readers a deeper understanding of how social class shapes children's paths to adulthood and how those paths continue to diverge over time and into future generations. In addition, contributors critique current policies and programs that have been created to reduce disparities and offer suggestions for more effective alternatives. Among the topics covered: Inequality begins at home: the role of parenting in the diverging destinies of rich and poor children. Inequality begins outside the home: putting parental educational investments into context. How class and family structure impact the transition to adulthood. Dealing with the consequences of changes in family composition. Dynamic models of poverty-related adversity and child outcomes. The diverging destinies of children and what it means for children's lives. As new initiatives are sought to improve the lives of families and children in the short and long term, Families in an Era of Increasing Inequality is a key resource for researchers and practitioners in family studies, social work, health, education, sociology, demography, and psychology.
Author : Naomi R. Cahn,June Carbone,Laurie Fields DeRose,W. Bradford Wilcox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108415958
This volume explores the causes and consequences of family inequality in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.
Author : June Carbone,Naomi Cahn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199916580
"June Carbone and Naomi Cahn examine how macroeconomic forces are transforming marriage, and how working class and lower income families have paid the highest price."--Provided by publisher.
Author : Günseli Berik,Ebru Kongar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429668128
The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Economics presents a comprehensive overview of the contributions of feminist economics to the discipline of economics and beyond. Each chapter situates the topic within the history of the field, reflects upon current debates, and looks forward to identify cutting-edge research. Consistent with feminist economics’ goal of strong objectivity, this Handbook compiles contributions from different traditions in feminist economics (including but not limited to Marxian political economy, institutionalist economics, ecological economics and neoclassical economics) and from different disciplines (such as economics, philosophy and political science). The Handbook delineates the social provisioning methodology and highlights its insights for the development of feminist economics. The contributors are a diverse mix of established and rising scholars of feminist economics from around the globe who skilfully frame the current state and future direction of feminist economic scholarship. This carefully crafted volume will be an essential resource for researchers and instructors of feminist economics.
Author : Annette Lareau
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520239500
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Author : Robert D. Putnam
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476769905
"The bestselling author of Bowling Alone offers [an] ... examination of the American Dream in crisis--how and why opportunities for upward mobility are diminishing, jeopardizing the prospects of an ever larger segment of Americans"--
Author : Lisa Keister
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780523477
Work behaviours and inequality in work-based rewards are essential to financial security and general well-being. Although the benefits of receiving work-based rewards, such as income, benefits and retirement packages, are significant, they are not enjoyed uniformly. This title articulates an agenda for better understanding these social processes.
Author : Jane Falkingham,Maria Evandrou,Athina Vlachantoni
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781788974875
This innovative Handbook offers a deeper understanding of the causes and consequences of demographic change across the lifecourse. Chapters highlight major theoretical and methodological advances and present research that sheds light on family dynamics, health and mobility over the lifecourse, illustrating the implications of lifecourse research for policy and reform.
Author : Laura T. Hamilton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226183671
Helicopter parents—the kind that continue to hover even in college—are one of the most ridiculed figures of twenty-first-century parenting, criticized for creating entitled young adults who boomerang back home. But do involved parents really damage their children and burden universities? In this book, sociologist Laura T. Hamilton illuminates the lives of young women and their families to ask just what role parents play during the crucial college years. Hamilton vividly captures the parenting approaches of mothers and fathers from all walks of life—from a CFO for a Fortune 500 company to a waitress at a roadside diner. As she shows, parents are guided by different visions of the ideal college experience, built around classed notions of women’s work/family plans and the ideal age to “grow up.” Some are intensively involved and hold adulthood at bay to cultivate specific traits: professional helicopters, for instance, help develop the skills and credentials that will advance their daughters’ careers, while pink helicopters emphasize appearance, charm, and social ties in the hopes that women will secure a wealthy mate. In sharp contrast, bystander parents—whose influence is often limited by economic concerns—are relegated to the sidelines of their daughter’s lives. Finally, paramedic parents—who can come from a wide range of class backgrounds—sit in the middle, intervening in emergencies but otherwise valuing self-sufficiency above all. Analyzing the effects of each of these approaches with clarity and depth, Hamilton ultimately argues that successfully navigating many colleges and universities without involved parents is nearly impossible, and that schools themselves are increasingly dependent on active parents for a wide array of tasks, with intended and unintended consequences. Altogether, Parenting to a Degree offers an incisive look into the new—and sometimes problematic—relationship between students, parents, and universities.
Author : Teresa Ciabattari
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483379043
The family patterns seen in recent decades—cohabitation, divorce, nonmarital childbearing, same-sex marriage and childrearing—can seem like radical changes from the past. But upon closer examination, many are consistent with broader trends that have been going on for centuries. Sociology of Families: Change, Continuity, and Diversity considers this tension between change and continuity, situating families in a social, historical, and economic context, and emphasizing how these contexts create family diversity and inequality. By incorporating diverse family structures into each chapter, author Teresa Ciabattari has written a text that challenges idealized assumptions about how families should be, and instead explores the complex realities of how families actually are.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004376083
Immigration, Racial and Ethnic Studies in 150 Years of Canada: Retrospects and Prospects provides a wide-ranging overview of immigration and contested racial and ethnic relations in Canada since confederation with a core theme being one of enduring racial and ethnic conflict.
