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The unfinished revolution : how a new generation is reshaping family, work, and gender in America / Kathleen Gerson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gerson, Kathleen, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--United States.
- Families.
- Work and family--United States.
- Work and family.
- Professional employees--United States.
- Professional employees.
- Women employees--United States.
- Women employees.
- Male employees--United States.
- Male employees.
- Sex role--United States.
- Sex role.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Kathleen Gerson reveals that it is not a lack of family values, but rigid social & economic forces that make it difficult to live out those values. She argues for a new flexibility at work & at home that benefits families, encourages a thriving economy, & helps women & men integrate love & work.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: The Shaping of a New Generation; PART ONE: Growing Up in Changing Families; CHAPTER TWO: Families beyond the Stereotypes; CHAPTER THREE: The Rising Fortunes of Flexible Families; CHAPTER FOUR: Domestic Deadlocks and Declining Fortunes; PART TWO: Facing the Future; CHAPTER FIVE: High Hopes, Lurking Fears; CHAPTER SIX: Women's Search for Self-Reliance; CHAPTER SEVEN: Men's Resistance to Equal Sharing; CHAPTER EIGHT: Reaching across the Gender Divide; CHAPTER NINE: Finishing the Gender Revolution; Appendix 1: List of Respondents and Sample Demographics
- Appendix 2: Studying Social and Individual ChangeNotes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-282) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773725-0
- 0-19-974584-6
- 1-282-38805-3
- 9786612388057
- 0-19-970755-3
- OCLC:
- 516214005
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