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Loading... The Widening Gap: Why America's Working Families Are in Jeopardy And What Can Be Done about Itby Jody Heymann
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This hard-hitting book draws on the first systematic national research on how the need to meet family obligations is affecting working Americans of all social classes and ethnic groups. What happens when kids get sick? When an elderly parent is hospitalized? How do poor families cope with work-family demands? Jody Heymann's research points to a widening gap between working families and the health and development of children. Outdated labor policy and practice must be brought into the twenty-first century, argues Heymann. To do less is to abandon the precepts of equal opportunity on which America is founded. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)306.85Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Marriage and Parenting FamilyLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |