{"product_id":"the-unfinished-revolution-coming-of-age-in-a-new-era-of-gender-work-and-family-9780199783328","title":"The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family","description":"In the controversial public debate over modern American families, the vast changes in family life--the rise of single, two-paycheck, and same-sex parents--have often been blamed for declining morality and unhappy children. Drawing upon pioneering research with the children of the gender\u003cbr\u003erevolution, Kathleen Gerson reveals that it is not a lack of family values, but rigid social and economic forces that make it difficult to have a vibrant and committed family and work life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite the entrance of women into the workforce and the blurring of once clearly defined gender boundaries, men and women live in a world where the demands of balancing parenting and work, autonomy and commitment, time and money are left largely unresolved. Gerson finds that while an overwhelming\u003cbr\u003emajority of young men and women see an egalitarian balance within committed relationships as the ideal, today's social and economic realities remain based on conventional--and now obsolete--distinctions between breadwinning and caretaking. In this equity vacuum, men and women develop conflicting\u003cbr\u003estrategies, with women stressing self-reliance and men seeking a new traditionalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith compassion for all perspectives, Gerson argues that whether one decides to give in to traditionally imbalanced relationships or to avoid marriage altogether, these approaches are second-best responses, not personal preferences or inherent attributes, and they will shift if new options can be\u003cbr\u003ecreated to help people achieve their egalitarian aspirations. \u003cem\u003eThe Unfinished Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e offers clear recommendations for the kinds of workplace and community changes that would best bring about a more egalitarian family life--a new flexibility at work and at home that benefits families, encourages a\u003cbr\u003ethriving economy, and helps women and men integrate love and work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise for the Hardcover: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the past three decades, social change has blown apart the old-fashioned ideal of the nuclear family--and Gerson has set out to map where the pieces have landed.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eValuable for the abundance and candor of the testimony from this unmoored generation pioneering through radically altered conceptions of personal and professional life.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a battle that can be won with legal challenges or legislation. Yes, it would undoubtedly be greatly aided by the passage of major social policies such as universal child care. But at its core, this is a fight that plays out within homes and between partners. And as Gerson's research\u003cbr\u003emakes clear, the fight has not changed all that dramatically in the past 30 years. --\u003cem\u003eThe American Prospect\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Gerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.09w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199783328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathleen Gerson \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Sociology and Collegiate Professor of Arts and Science at New York University. The author of \u003cem\u003eNo Man's Land: Men's Changing Commitments to Family and Work\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHard Choices: How Women Decide about Work, Career, and Motherhood\u003c\/em\u003e, she frequently contributes to such media as \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, National Public Radio, and CNN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40110194196595,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ddc0e856-1d36-4b5d-a073-5d67c3b799ed.jpg?v=1653402042","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-unfinished-revolution-coming-of-age-in-a-new-era-of-gender-work-and-family-9780199783328","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}