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Families: A Social Class Perspective - Couverture souple

Livre 6 sur 6: Contemporary Family Perspectives (CFP)

Hill, Shirley A.

 
9781412998017: Families: A Social Class Perspective
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1412998018 ISBN 13 : 9781412998017
Editeur : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2011

Synopsis

This book focuses on the impact of economic systems and social class on the organization of family life. Since the most vital function of the family is the survival of its members, the author give primacy to the economic system in structuring the broad parameters of family life. She explains how the economy shapes the prospects families have for earning a decent living by determining the location, nature, and pay associated with work.

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À propos de l'auteur

Shirley A. Hill is a professor of sociology at the University of Kansas, where she studies family diver-sity, social inequality, and health care. She is the author of Race, Work, and Family: New Century Values Among African American Men and Women (co-edited with Marlese Durr; Rowman & Littlefield, (c)2006); Black Intimacies: A Gender Perspective on Families and Relationships (AltaMira, (c)2005); African American Children: Their Socialization and Development in Families (SAGE, (c)1999); and other books and articles. Her current research focuses on racial disparities in educational attainment.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A brief, impactful book that provides a contemporary analysis of how economics and social class affects the concept of family today

This book focuses on the impact of economic systems and social class on the organization of family life. Since the most vital function of the family is the survival of its members, the author give primacy to the economic system in structuring the broad parameters of family life. She explains how the economy shapes the prospects families have for earning a decent living by determining the location, nature, and pay associated with work.

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Éditeur
SAGE Publications, Inc
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1412998018
ISBN 13 
9781412998017
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
149
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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