Families That Work Policies for Reconciling Parenthood and Employment

Name: Families That Work Policies for Reconciling Parenthood and Employment
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ISBN: 9780871543592

ISBN-10: 0871543591

ISBN-13: 9780871543592

Edition: 2003

Authors: Janet C. Gornick, Marcia K. Meyers

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Parents around the world grapple with the common challenge of balancing work and child care. Despite common problems, the industrialized nations have developed dramatically different social and labor market policies policies that vary widely in the level of support they provide for parents and the extent to which they encourage an equal division of labor between parents as they balance work and care. In Families That Work, Janet Gornick and Marcia Meyers take a close look at the work-family policies in the United States and abroad and call for a new and expanded role for the U.S. government in order to bring this country up to the standards taken for granted in many other Western nations.…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Publication date: 5/12/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 404
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Marcia K. Meyers is Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs at the University of Washington.