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Author Heymann, Jody, 1959-

Title Forgotten families : ending the growing crisis confronting children and working parents in the global economy / Jody Heymann
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 306 pages) : illustrations
Series OUP E-Books
Contents Dramatic transformations -- Who cares for preschool children? -- School-age children : getting a chance -- Parents' working conditions and children's health -- Economic and gender inequalities -- Families that work in times of crisis -- Addressing the burgeoning problems
Summary Based on extensive survey data, this book offers a global account of how the changing conditons of work threaten children women & men, & the infirm, addressing problems facing both industrialized & developing countries alike
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-293) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Work and family.
Dual-career families.
Children of working parents.
Globalization -- Social aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Children of working parents.
Dual-career families.
Globalization -- Social aspects.
Work and family.
Globalisierung
Arbeitsbedingungen
Familie
Soziale Situation
Enfant de parents au travail.
Relation travail-famille.
Famille à double revenu.
Mondialisation.
Form Electronic book
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