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Zusatztext "The clarity and realism of this book makes it an excellent addition to the work-family literature."-- Anthropology of Work Review! Vol. XXVIII! No. 3 Informationen zum Autor Ann Bookman is Executive Director of the MIT Workplace Center. She is a social anthropologist and author of a number of publications on women's work, work and family issues, unionization, and family policy. Bookman has held a variety of teaching and research positions and has also worked in government. As a presidential appointee during the first term of the Clinton administration, she served as Policy and Research Director of the Women's Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor, and as Executive Director of the bipartisan Commission on Family and Medical Leave. She is co-editor of Women and the Politics ofEmpowerment. Klappentext Challenges the view espoused in works like Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone that civic commitment is in declineProvides practical solutions for the problems facing America's working parents in the tradition of Arlie Hochschild's The Time Bind and Juliet Schor's The Overworked American Zusammenfassung For more than five years, Bookman gained access to the lives of 100 employees at three high-pressure biotech firms in Boston. In the process, she discovered how they yearn to be part of community life; how their inflexible jobs and long commutes prevent them; and how they are forging new ways to stay connected to their communities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction: The Engine That Could Part I. Work, Family and Community in the New Economy Chapter 1: New Terrain for Work and Family: Making the Community Connection Chapter 2: How Friendly Is the Family-Friendly Workplace?: A Look at the Biotech Industry Chapter 3: All In the Family: It's not a Private Affair Part II. From Family Connections to Community Involvement Chapter 4: Community As A Starting Point: Place and Participation Chapter 5: More Than Roads and Bridges Chapter 6: Childcare and Other Building Blocks of Civil Society Chapter 7: The PTA Is Not The Problem Chapter 8: Not By Bread Alone Part III. Investing in Community: Everybody's Business Chapter 9: The Trials of a Full-time Working Mom: Or How I Became a Part-time Worker and a Part-time Community Activist Chapter 10: From Backyards to Corporate Boardrooms and Beyond: All Stakeholders Welcome Chapter 11: The Call of Community: Vocation and Avocation Appendix One: Methodology Appendix Two: The Family Friendly Community Index Index...
