| Description |
xv, 152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Sage series on close relationships |
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Sage series on close relationships.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part One: The Societal Context Of Young Adults Today -- Societal Changes and Realities -- An Introduction to the Dual-Career Family -- Contemporary Female Perspectives -- Contemporary Male Perspectives -- Part Two: Expectations For And Realities Of Dual-Career Family Life -- Young Adults' Career and Family Intentions and Expectations -- Living as a Dual-Career Family -- Workplace Family Policies -- Part Three: What'S Ahead -- What Will the Future Bring for Gender Equality and Dual-Career Families? |
| Summary |
Can a woman and a man, both of whom are career-oriented, successfully achieve a loving and enduring relationship with children and also advance in their careers? Why is it that women more often than men push for dual-career marriages? What personal and societal difficulties and obstacles do they face? What special difficulties do men experience as a result of this phenomenon? Taking us to the frontier of close relationships, where traditional gender roles are being reevaluated in light of what is both functional and optimal for persons in dual-career partnerships, Two Careers / One Family describes the current world of women and men trying to negotiate new realities at home aid at work. It also offers a glimpse of the future and the potential that exists for creative restructuring of our concepts of gender |
| Analysis |
Families Social change |
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Families Social change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-142) and indexes |
| Subject |
Dual-career families -- United States.
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Sex role -- United States.
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| LC no. |
92042026 |
| ISBN |
0803950721 |
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080395073X (paperback) |
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