Cut Adrift : Families in Insecure Times /

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Cut Adrift makes an important and original contribution to the national conversation about inequality and risk in American society. Set against the backdrop of rising economic insecurity and rolled-up safety nets, Marianne Cooper's probing analysis explores what keeps Americans up at night. Thr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cooper, Marianne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2014]
Temas:
Equality > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction: One Nation Under Worry
  • 1. From Shared Prosperity to the Age of Insecurity: How We Got Here
  • 2. Forging Security in an Insecure Age: The Study
  • 3. Downscaling for Survival: Laura Delgado
  • 4. The Upscaling of Security at the Top: Brooke and Paul Mah
  • 5. Holding On at the Middle: Gina and Sam Calafato
  • 6. When Religion Fills the Gap: Laeta and Kapo Faleau
  • 7. Debt and Hope: Eddie and Chelsea Jenner
  • Conclusion: The Social Cost
  • Epilogue: The Families Today
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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