Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface IX
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE. CHANGING FAMILIES
6. 1. The Rise of the Dual-Earner Family, 1963-1997 23
7. 2. Gendered Careers: A Life-Course Perspective 42
8. 3. Getting Younger While Getting Older: Family-Building at Midlife 58
9. 4. Men's Family Work: Child-Centered Fathering and the Sharing of Domestic Labor 72
10. PART TWO. CHANGING WORKPLACES
11. 5. Family-Responsive Benefits and the Two-Tiered Labor Market 103
12. 6. How Are Small Businesses Responding to Work and Family Issues? 131
13. 7. Part-Time Work Arrangements and the Corporation: A Dynamic Interaction 152
14. 8. Toward a New View of Work and Family Life 168
15. 9. Work, Family, and Globalization: Broadening the Scope of Policy Analysis 187
16. PART THREE. HEARTSTRINGS AND PURSESTRINGS: GENDERED VIEWS FROM WITHIN
17. 10. Changing the Structure and Culture of Work: Work and Family Conflict, Work Flexibility, and Gender Equity in the Modern Workplace 207
18. 11. Workplace Policies and the Psychological Weil-Being of First-Time Parents: The Case of Working-Class Families 227
19. 12. Work, Family, and Gender in Medicine: How Do Dual-Earners Decide Who Should Work Less? 251
20. 13. From Baby-sitters to Child Care Providers: The Development of a Feminist Consciousness in Family Day Care Workers 270
21. PART FOUR. CHILDREN'S EXPERIENCES
22. 14. Children, Work, and Family: Some Thoughts on "Mother-Blame" 293
23. 15. The Kinderdult: The New Child Born to Conflict between Work and Family 304
24. 16. Passing between the Worlds of Maid and Mistress: The Life of a Mexican Maid's Daughter 323
25. 17. Eavesdropping Children, Adult Deals, and Cultures of Care 340
26. 18. Pick-up Time at Oakdale Elementary School: Work and Family from the Vantage Points of Children 354
27. Contributors 377
28. Index 383