Forgotten Families
Ending the Growing Crisis Confronting Children and Working Parents in the Global Economy
Seiten
2006
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-515659-1 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-515659-1 (ISBN)
Based on over a thousand interviews and survey data from more than 55,000 families spanning five continents, this work is an account of how the conditions of work threaten children, women and men, and the infirm. It addresses problems faced by working families in industrialized and developing countries.
In the last half-century, radical changes have rippled through the workplace and the home from Boston to Bombay. In the face of rapid globalization, these changes affect us all, and we can no longer confine ourselves to addressing working and social conditions within our own borders without simultaneously addressing them on a global scale. Based on over a thousand in-depth interviews and survey data from more than 55,000 families spanning five continents, Forgotten Families is the first truly global account of how the changing conditions of work threaten children, women and men, and the infirm. It addresses problems faced by working families in industrialized and developing countries alike, touching on issues of child health and development, barriers to parents getting and keeping jobs, problems families confront daily and in times of crisis, and the roles of growing inequalities. Rich in individual stories and deeply human, Heymann's book proposes innovative and imaginative ideas for solving the problems of the truly belabored together as a global community.
In the last half-century, radical changes have rippled through the workplace and the home from Boston to Bombay. In the face of rapid globalization, these changes affect us all, and we can no longer confine ourselves to addressing working and social conditions within our own borders without simultaneously addressing them on a global scale. Based on over a thousand in-depth interviews and survey data from more than 55,000 families spanning five continents, Forgotten Families is the first truly global account of how the changing conditions of work threaten children, women and men, and the infirm. It addresses problems faced by working families in industrialized and developing countries alike, touching on issues of child health and development, barriers to parents getting and keeping jobs, problems families confront daily and in times of crisis, and the roles of growing inequalities. Rich in individual stories and deeply human, Heymann's book proposes innovative and imaginative ideas for solving the problems of the truly belabored together as a global community.
Jody Heymann M.D, Ph.D., is founder and director of the Project on Global Working Families. An Associate Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, she is author of The Widening Gap: Why America's Working Families Are in Jeopardy and What Can Be Done About It (Basic Books, 2000) and Can Working Families Ever Win? (Beacon Press, 2002).
1. Dramatic Transformations ; 2. Who Cares for Preschool Children? ; 3. School-Age Children: Getting a Chance ; 4. Parents' Working Conditions and Children's Health ; 5. Economic and Gender Inequalities ; 6. Families that Work in Times of Crisis ; 7. Addressing the Burgeoning Problems ; Appendices ; Notes ; Acknowledgements ; Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.3.2006 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Numerous tables and line drawings |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 236 x 160 mm |
| Gewicht | 612 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-515659-5 / 0195156595 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-515659-1 / 9780195156591 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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