Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America Contributor(s): Smith, Kristin E. (Editor), Tickamyer, Ann R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0271048611 ISBN-13: 9780271048611 Publisher: Penn State University Press OUR PRICE: $94.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - Political Science | Political Economy - Social Science | Sociology - Rural |
Dewey: 330.973 |
LCCN: 2011005692 |
Series: Rural Studies |
Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6.4" W x 9.26" (1.54 lbs) 416 pages |
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Publisher Description: Rural areas have been hit hard by economic restructuring. Traditionally male jobs with good pay and benefits (such as in manufacturing) have declined dramatically, only to be replaced with low-paying service-oriented jobs--jobs that do not offer benefits or wages sufficient to raise a family. Concurrently, rural areas have experienced changes in family life, namely an increase in women's labor force participation, a decline in married-couple families, and a rise in cohabitation and single-parent families. How have rural families coped with these social and economic changes? Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America documents the intertwined changes in employment and family and explores the outcomes for family well-being in rural America. Here a multidisciplinary group of scholars examines the impacts of economic restructuring on rural Americans and provides policy recommendations for addressing the challenges they face. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Cynthia D. Anderson, Guangqing Chi, Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Katherine Jewsbury Conger, Nicole D. Forry, Deborah Roempke Graefe, Steven Michael Grice, Andrew Hahn, Debra Henderson, Eric B. Jensen, Leif Jensen, Marlene Lee, Daniel T. Lichter, Elaine McCrate, Diane K. McLaughlin, Margaret K. Nelson, Domenico Parisi, Liliokanaio Peaslee, Jed Pressgrove, Jennifer Sherman, Anastasia Snyder, Susan K. Walker, and Chih-Yuan Weng. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Kristin E.: - Kristin E. Smith is a family demographer at the Carsey Institute and Research Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire.Tickamyer, Ann R.: - Ann R. Tickamyer is Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University. |