Not-So-Nuclear Families : : Class, Gender, and Networks of Care / / Karen V. Hansen.
In recent years U.S. public policy has focused on strengthening the nuclear family as a primary strategy for improving the lives of America's youth. It is often assumed that this normative type of family is an independent, self-sufficient unit adequate for raising children. But half of all hous...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2004] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Networks of Interdependence in an Age of Independence
- Part I. Profiles of Four Networks of Interdependence
- Chapter 2. The Cranes: An Absorbent Safety Net
- Chapter 3. The Aldriches: A Family Foundation
- Chapter 4. The Duvall-Brennans: A Loose Association of Advisors
- Chapter 5. The Beckers: A Warm Web of People
- Part II. Constructing and Maintaining Networks
- Chapter 6. Staging Networks: Inclusion and Exclusion
- Chapter 7. The Tangle of Reciprocity
- Chapter 8. Men, Women, and the Gender of Caregiving
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author