Forgotten Families: Ending the Growing Crisis Confronting Children and Working Parents in the Global Economy
Jody Heymann
Abstract
In the last half-century, radical changes have rippled through the workplace and the home from Boston to Mumbai. In the face of rapid globalization, these changes affect us all, and we can no longer confine ourselves to addressing working and social conditions within our own borders without simultaneously addressing them on a global scale. Based on over 1,000 in-depth interviews and survey data from more than 55,000 families spanning five continents, this book presents the first truly global account of how the changing conditions of work affect us all. It addresses problems faced by working fa ... More
In the last half-century, radical changes have rippled through the workplace and the home from Boston to Mumbai. In the face of rapid globalization, these changes affect us all, and we can no longer confine ourselves to addressing working and social conditions within our own borders without simultaneously addressing them on a global scale. Based on over 1,000 in-depth interviews and survey data from more than 55,000 families spanning five continents, this book presents the first truly global account of how the changing conditions of work affect us all. It addresses problems faced by working families in industrialized and developing countries alike, touching on issues of child health and development, barriers to parents getting and keeping jobs, problems families confront daily and in times of crisis, and the roles of growing inequalities. Rich in individual stories and deeply human, the book proposes innovative and imaginative ideas for solving the problems of the truly belabored together as a global community.
Keywords:
changes,
workplace,
home,
globalization,
child health,
development,
inequalities,
global community
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2006 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780195156591 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2012 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195156591.001.0001 |
