Families in an era of increasing inequality : diverging destinies /: diverging destinies. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul R. Amato, Alan Booth, Susan M. McHale, Jennifer Van Hook, editors.
• Editors: Amato, Paul R; Booth, Alan, 1935-2015; McHale, Susan; Van Hook, Jennifer
• Other Names: National Symposium on Family Issues, 21st
• Contents: Diverging Destinies Revisited -- Divergent Responses to Family Inequality -- Diverging Destinies in Rural America -- Diverging Destinies Revisited: The Threat to Child Development and Social Mobility -- Inequality Begins at Home: The Role of Parenting in the Diverging Destinies of Rich and Poor Children -- Subjective Rationality, Parenting Styles, and Investments in Children -- Inequality Begins Outside the Home: Putting Parental Educational Investments into context -- Stressful Life Experiences and Contexts: The Effects on Parents and parenting -- Diverse Pathways: Rethinking the Transition to Adulthood -- The Transition to Adulthood -- The Family Foundation: What Do Class and Family Structure Have to Do with the Transition to Adulthood -- Different Social Class Dimensions Play Different Roles in the Transition to Adulthood -- No Way Out: Dealing with the Consequences of Changes in Family Composition -- Struggling to Stay Afloat: Dynamic Models of Poverty-related Adversity and Child Outcomes -- The Diverging Destinies of Fathers and What it Means for Children's Lives -- Reflecting on the Diverging Destinies of American Families: Policy Approaches as We Move Forward.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages)
• Subjects: 306.85; Social sciences; Families -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses; Equality -- United States -- Congresses; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Equality; Families -- Economic aspects; Psychology -- Developmental -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Child & developmental psychology; Political economy; Developmental psychology; Social policy; Social Science -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family; Sociology: family & relationships; United States; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319083087; 3319083082; 3319083074; 9783319083070
• Related ISBNs: 9783319083070
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 20, 2014).
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