ending the growing crisis confronting children and working parents in the global economy
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Heymann, Jody
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- WER 51 2006
- Thesaurus
- globalisering, betaalde arbeid, kinderen, dagelijks leven, gezondheid
- Description
- In the last half-century, radical changes have rippled through the workplace and the home from Boston to Bombay. In the face of rapid globalization, 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 a thousand in-depth interviews and survey data from more than 55,000 families spanning five continents, Forgotten Families is a global account of how the changing conditions of work threaten children, women and men, and the infirm. 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.