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The Widening Gap

The Widening Gap

Heymann, Jody

Paperback

General Political ScienceGeneral SociologyPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 0465013090
ISBN13: 9780465013098
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: Oct 1 2001
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.48
Language: English
This hard-hitting book draws on the first systematic national research on how the need to meet family obligations is affecting working Americans of all social classes and ethnic groups. What happens when kids get sick? When an elderly parent is hospitalized? How do poor families cope with work-family demands? Jody Heymann's research points to a widening gap between working families and the health and development of children. Outdated labor policy and practice must be brought into the twenty-first century, argues Heymann. To do less is to abandon the precepts of equal opportunity on which America is founded.

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