how working families can build community and survive the new economy /
Ann Bookman.
New York :
Routledge,
2004.
1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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, she offers a new paradigm for the relationship between paid and unpaid work that could invigorate both family life and the quality of civil society.
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Starting in our own backyards.
0415935881
Community life.
Families.
Work and family-- United States.
Work and family.
Working mothers.
Community life.
Families.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.