US families have been pushed to the wall. At the bottom of the economic ladder, poor and working-class adults aren't forming stable relationships and can't give their kids the start they need because of low wages and uncertain job prospects. Toward the top, professional parents' lives have become a grinding slog of long hours of paid work. Meanwhile their kids are overstressed by pressure to succeed and get into good colleges. In this provocative book, Maxine Eichner argues that these very different struggles might seem unconnected, but they share the same root cause: the increasingly large…mehr
US families have been pushed to the wall. At the bottom of the economic ladder, poor and working-class adults aren't forming stable relationships and can't give their kids the start they need because of low wages and uncertain job prospects. Toward the top, professional parents' lives have become a grinding slog of long hours of paid work. Meanwhile their kids are overstressed by pressure to succeed and get into good colleges. In this provocative book, Maxine Eichner argues that these very different struggles might seem unconnected, but they share the same root cause: the increasingly large toll that economic inequality and insecurity are taking on families.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Maxine Eichner Eichner is the Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University Of North Carolina School Of Law. She is the author of The Supportive State: Families, Government, and America's Political Ideals.
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* Acknowledgments * Introduction * PART I. THE EMBATTLED AMERICAN FAMILY * 1. What Went Wrong with the American Dream? * 2. America's Free-Market Family Policy * 3. The Overworked American Parent * 4. The Economics of Disconnected Adults and Unstable Families * 5. How We Fail Our Children: Part I-The Caretaking Young Children Need * 6. How We Fail Our Children: Part II-Young Children from Poor and Low-Income Families * 7. Outcomes for Children in the Free-Market Family System * PART II. THE ROAD TO FREE-MARKET FAMILY POLICY * 8. Insulating Families from Market Forces-The Rise of the Welfare State * 9. The Death of the Welfare State and the Rise of Free-Market Family Policy * PART III. REVIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM * 10. What's an Economy For? * 11. Toward Thriving Families * Notes * References * Index
* Acknowledgments * Introduction * PART I. THE EMBATTLED AMERICAN FAMILY * 1. What Went Wrong with the American Dream? * 2. America's Free-Market Family Policy * 3. The Overworked American Parent * 4. The Economics of Disconnected Adults and Unstable Families * 5. How We Fail Our Children: Part I-The Caretaking Young Children Need * 6. How We Fail Our Children: Part II-Young Children from Poor and Low-Income Families * 7. Outcomes for Children in the Free-Market Family System * PART II. THE ROAD TO FREE-MARKET FAMILY POLICY * 8. Insulating Families from Market Forces-The Rise of the Welfare State * 9. The Death of the Welfare State and the Rise of Free-Market Family Policy * PART III. REVIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM * 10. What's an Economy For? * 11. Toward Thriving Families * Notes * References * Index
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