Not-So-Nuclear Families - Class, Gender, and Networks of Care

Informationen zum Autor KAREN V. HANSEN is an associate professor of sociology and women's studies at Brandeis University and is the co-editor of Families in the U.S.: Kinship and Domestic Politics. Klappentext How do working parents provide care and mobilize the help that they need? Karen V. Hansen investigates the lives of working parents and the informal networks they construct to help care for their children. The book concludes with a series of policy suggestions intended to improve the environment in which working families raise children. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and Figures Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Networks of Interdependence in an Age of Independence Part I. Profiles of Four Networks of Interdependence Chapter 2. The Cranes: An Absorbent Safety Net Chapter 3. The Aldriches: A Family Foundation Chapter 4. The Duvall-Brennans: A Loose Association of Advisors Chapter 5. The Beckers: A Warm Web of People Part II. Constructing and Maintaining Networks Chapter 6. Staging Networks: Inclusion and Exclusion Chapter 7. The Tangle of Reciprocity Chapter 8. Men, Women, and the Gender of Caregiving  Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Karen V Hansen, Karen V. Hansen
• Editore: Rutgers University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.11.2004
• EAN: 9780813535012
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-3501-2
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche