Working and Caring Over the Twentieth Century: Change and Continuity in Four-Generation Families

by Ann Mooney, Julia Brannen, Peter Moss

Book Overview

Increased longevity and better health are changing the nature of family life. In the context of changes in the world of work, increased divorce and a declining welfare state, multi-generation or 'beanpole families' are a potential resource for family support. Focusing on four-generation families and the two central careers of the life course - employment and care - Working and Caring Over the Twentieth Century explores this question. Based upon new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349514810
• ISBN13: 9781349514816
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"