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The unfinished revolution : how a new generation is reshaping family, work, and gender in America / Kathleen Gerson

Gerson, Kathleen,i1947- [Verfasser]

Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2010

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xi, 297 pages) : Illustrations

[CRKN ebooks]

[MyiLibrary]

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index

978-0-19-970755-3 ; 0-19-970755-3 ; 978-0-19-537167-3 ; 0-19-537167-4 ; 978-0-19-537167-3

 

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 the tumultuous post-feminist period. Despi.