Challenges for Work and Family in the Twenty-First Century

by Vannoy, Dana; Dubeck, Paula J.

• ISBN13: 9780202305684
• ISBN10: 0202305686
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: Aldine De Gruyter

Summary

Stimulated by unprecedented and complex changes in the nation's social landscape, the fourteen original papers in the present volume attempt to recast our approach to existing institutional arrangements between family and economy. The authors set the stage for redefinitions that give meaning and place to individuals, thus serving broader social goals.

Table of Contents

Contributors to the Volume
The Need and Challenge to Better Integrate Work and Family Life in the Twenty-First Century	p. 3
Gender and the Future of the Family: Implications for the Postindustrial Workplace	p. 11
Downsizing the American Dream: Work and Family at Century's End	p. 23
Toward a 24 Hour Economy: The U.S. Experience and Implications for the Family	p. 39
Race and the Family Values Debate	p. 49
Dominant and Minority Couples: An Analysis of Family Economic Well-Being	p. 65
Being a Part-Time Manager: One Way to Combine Family and Career	p. 81
Economic Transition in a Company Town: The Politics of Work and Possibility in Postindustrial Rochester	p. 93
Negotiating Parental Involvement: Finding Time for Children	p. 111
Working Mothers, Welfare Mothers: Implications for Children in the Twenty-First Century	p. 125
Can All Children Learn to Read at Grade-Level by the End of Third Grade?	p. 143
Occupational Constraints on Women's Entry into Management	p. 167
Employer-Based Health Insurance in a Changing Economy	p. 183
The Impact of Family Caregiving to the Elderly on the American Workplace: Who Is Affected and What Is Being Done?	p. 201
Problems and Prospects for More Effective Integration of Work and Family in the Twenty-First Century	p. 217
Index	p. 225
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