Starting in our own backyards : how working families can build community and survive the new economy /

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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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bookman, Ann, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Subjects:
Work and family.
Work and family > United States.
Families.
Community life.
Working mothers.
Nuclear families.
Communities.
Travail et familles.
Travail et familles > États-Unis.
Familles.
Communauté.
Mères au travail.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Nuclear families
Communities
Community life
Families
Work and family
Working mothers
United States
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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