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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
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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.
family responsibilities.
child care.
work life balance.
dual career couple.
working conditions.
social policy.
child care facilities.
health.
schooling.
gender equality.
poverty.
arrangement of working time.
Work and family.
Dual-career families.
Children of working parents.
Globalization -- Social aspects.
responsabilités familiales.
soins aux enfants.
conciliation travail-vie personnelle.
ménage à double carrière.
conditions de travail.
politique sociale.
services de garde d'enfants.
santé
scolarité
égalité des genres.
pauvreté
aménagement du temps de travail.
responsabilidades familiares.
cuidado infantil.
equilibrio trabajo-vida.
pareja con doble carrera.
condiciones de trabajo.
política social.
guardería infantil.
salud.
escolaridad.
igualdad de géneros.
pobreza.
ordenamiento del tiempo de trabajo.
developed countries.
developing countries.
pays développés.
pays en développement.
países desarrollados.
países en desarrollo.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005008503
ISBN 9780198035558
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