Starting in Our Own Backyards : How Working Families Can Build Community and Survive the New Economy
by
Ann Bookman
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0415935881
ISBN-13
9780415935883
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 30th, 2003
Print length
318 Pages
Weight
544 grams
Product Classification:
Social groupsSociology: family & relationshipsSociology: work & labour
Ksh 9,600.00
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For more than five years, Bookman gained access to the lives of 100 employees at three high-pressure biotech firms in Boston. In the process, she discovered how they yearn to be part of community life; how their inflexible jobs and long commutes prevent them; and how they are forging new ways to stay connected to their communities.
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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