The Unfinished Revolution; How a New Generation is Reshaping Family, Work, and Gender in America
ISBN: 9780195371673 | 0195371674
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 12/15/2009
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The vast changes in family life--the rise of single, same-sex, and two-paycheck parents--have often been blamed for declining morality and unhappy children. Drawing upon pioneering research with the children of the gender revolution, Kathleen Gerson reveals that it is not a lack of "family values," but rigid social and economic forces that make it difficult to live out those values. In the controversial public debate over modern American families, The Unfinished Revolution takes a measured approach, looking at the young adults who grew up in th... MORE
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| The Shaping of a New Generation | p. 1 |
| Growing Up in Changing Families | |
| Families beyond the Stereotypes | p. 15 |
| The Rising Fortunes of Flexible Families | p. 46 |
| Domestic Deadlocks and Declining Fortunes | p. 72 |
| Facing the Future | |
| High Hopes, Lurking Fears | p. 103 |
| Women's Search for Self-Reliance | p. 124 |
| Men's Resistance to Equal Sharing | p. 159 |
| Reaching across the Gender Divide | p. 189 |
| Finishing the Gender Revolution | p. 214 |
| List of Respondents and Sample Demographics | p. 227 |
| Studying Social and Individual Change | p. 231 |
| Notes | p. 237 |
| References | p. 265 |
| Index | p. 283 |
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Kathleen Gerson is Professor of Sociology at New York University. A recognized authority on work, gender, and family life, she frequently contributes to media such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, National Public Radio, CBS Sunday Morning, NBC Today Show, ABC Good Morning America, and CNN. Her most recent books include No Man's Land: Men's Changing Commitments to Family and Work and The Time Divide: Work, Family, and Gender Inequality (with Jerry A. Jacobs).
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