Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America

Smith, Kristin E. (EDT); Tickamyer, Ann R. (EDT); Duncan, Cynthia (FRW)

ISBN 10: 0271048611 / ISBN 13: 9780271048611

Edité par Penn State University Press, 2011

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Synopsis :

<p>Rural areas have been hit hard by economic restructuring. Traditionally male jobs with good pay and benefits (such as in manufacturing) have declined dramatically, only to be replaced with low-paying service-oriented jobs&#8212;jobs that do not offer benefits or wages sufficient to raise a family. Concurrently, rural areas have experienced changes in family life, namely an increase in women&#8217;s labour force participation, a decline in married-couple families, and a rise in cohabitation and single-parent families. How have rural families coped with these social and economic changes? <em>Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America</em> documents the intertwined changes in employment and family and explores the outcomes for family well-being in rural America. Here a multidisciplinary group of scholars examines the impacts of economic restructuring on rural Americans and provides policy recommendations for addressing the challenges they face. <p>

À propos des auteurs: Kristin E. Smith is a family demographer at the Carsey Institute and Research Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire.

Ann R. Tickamyer is Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being...
Éditeur : Penn State University Press
Date d'édition : 2011
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : As New