Families in an Era of Increasing Inequality Diverging Destinies /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Amato, Paul R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Booth, Alan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), McHale, Susan M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Van Hook, Jennifer (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: National Symposium on Family Issues, 5
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Social policy.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Developmental psychology.; Social Sciences.; Family.; Developmental Psychology.; Social Policy.

The widening gap between the rich and the poor is turning the American dream into an impossibility for many, particularly children and families. And as the children of low-income families grow to adulthood, they have less access to opportunities and resources than their higher-income peers--and incr...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• I. Diverging Destinies for American Children.- Diverging Destinies Revisited.- Divergent responses to family inequality.- Diverging Destinies in Rural America.- Diverging Destinies Revisited: The Threat to Child Development and Social Mobility
• II .Social Inequality, Parenting, and Child Development.-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.- III. Social Inequality and the Transition to Adulthood
• Diverse Pathways: Rethinking the Transition to Adulthood.- The Transition to Adulthood Matters
• 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.- IV. Program and Policy Responses to Growing Family Inequality
• 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 Children and What it Means for Children’s Lives.-V. Reflecting on Diverging Destinies of American Families.- Reflecting on The Diverging Destinies of American Families: Policy Approaches as we Move Forward.