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Starting in our own backyards : how working families can build community and survive the new economy / Ann Bookman.
- Title
- Starting in our own backyards : how working families can build community and survive the new economy / Ann Bookman.
- Author
- Bookman, Ann, 1948-
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, 2004.
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| Text | Request in advance | HD4904.25 .B66 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 306 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-296) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The Engine That Could -- Ch. 1. New Terrain for Work and Family: Making the Community Connection -- Ch. 2. How Friendly Is the "Family-friendly" Workplace?: A View from the Biotech Industry -- Ch. 3. All in the Family: It's Not a Private Affair -- Ch. 4. Community as a Starting Point: Place and Participation -- Ch. 5. More Than Roads and Bridges -- Ch. 6. Childcare and Other Building Blocks of Civil Society -- Ch. 7. The PTA Is Not the Problem -- Ch. 8. Not by Bread Alone -- Ch. 9. The Trials of a Full-time Working Mom: Or, How I Became a Part-time Worker and a Part-time Community Activist -- Ch. 10. From Backyards to Corporate Boardrooms and Beyond: All Stakeholders Welcome -- Ch. 11. The Call of Community: Vocation and Avocation -- App. 1. Research Design and Methodology -- App. 2. Constructing a Family-friendly Community Index.
- ISBN
- 0415935881 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003017127
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries