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This landmark study traces the life histories of approximately 300 teenage mothers and their children over a seventeen-year period. From interview data and case studies, it provides a vivid account of the impact of early childbearing on young mothers and their children. Some remarkable and surprising results emerge from this unique study of the long term adaptation to early parenthood. It also offers new insights into the unexplored connections between mothers' careers and the development of their children. Adolescent Mothers in Later Life will be an invaluable resource for all those interested in teenage pregnancy.
In spite of the upset children experience after parental
separation, Furstenberg and Cherlin find that most Children adapt
successfully as long as their mother does reasonably well
financially and psychologically, and as long as conflict between
parents is low. The casualty of divorce is usually the declining
relationship between fathers and their children.
More people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD
these days. When they get there, they discover a bewildering
environment: a rapid immersion in their discipline, a keen
competition for resources, and uncertain options for their future,
whether inside or outside of academia. Life with a PhD can begin to
resemble an unsolvable maze. In "Behind the Academic Curtain,"
Frank F. Furstenberg offers a clear and user-friendly map to this
maze. Drawing on decades of experience in academia, he provides a
comprehensive, empirically grounded, and, most important of all,
practical guide to academic life.
While the greatest anxieties for PhD candidates and postgrads are
often centered on getting that tenure-track dream job, each stage
of an academic career poses a series of distinctive problems.
Furstenberg divides these stages into five chapters that cover the
entire trajectory of an academic life, including how to make use of
a PhD outside of academia. From finding the right job to earning
tenure, from managing teaching loads to conducting research, from
working on committees to easing into retirement, he illuminates all
the challenges and opportunities an academic can expect to
encounter. Each chapter is designed for easy consultation, with
copious signposts, helpful suggestions, and a bevy of questions
that all academics should ask themselves throughout their career,
whether at a major university, junior college, or a nonacademic
organization. An honest and up-to-date portrayal of how this life
really works, "Behind the Academic Curtain" is an essential
companion for any scholar, at any stage of his or her career.
Over the past few decades, scholarly and policy interest in
fatherhood and fathering has burgeoned, in large part because of
profound social changes in women's and men's lives in the last half
of the twentieth century. However, this research has remained
largely national in focus, with little cross-cultural dissemination
of knowledge about fathering practices and supportive or
constraining social policies. This insightful volume presents a
transatlantic perspective on fatherhood and fathering comparatively
across nation states, as well as in individual countries (including
the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Norway.) Exploring
the diversity of fatherhood, it encompasses differences across
social class, race and ethnicity, age and life course, and varied
household formations. The articles examine young fathers, separated
and divorced fathers, fathers from minority ethnic and immigrant
groups, working-class fathers, new fathers, gay fathers, and
fathers of children with special needs. Readers can gauge the
different "epochs" of fathering over time and explore the tension
that fathers may experience between being good financial providers
and actively caring for their children. Topics of adversity in the
face of fatherhood include non-residence, homelessness or poor
housing; marginalization in wider society; racism; low-paying,
unstable or lack of employment; and the struggle to find a
work-family balance. When looking at fatherhood on an international
scale, it is imperative to ask if fathers' subjectivities and
actions can be understood outside of their social and material
contexts. The articles here take the reader through these contexts
- such as family and neighborhood supports, the labor market,
welfare state conditions and the way in which policy measures
interact with preexisting and varying conditions. Authored by
leading figures in fathering research from North America, Europe,
and Scandinavia, the multilayered and intriguing articles in this
volume of The ANNALS point toward the need for sustainable policy
frameworks that enable fathers to be involved in their children's
lives in ways that do not include biased assumptions about the
expression of that involvement. Students, scholars and policymakers
will find that this collection of cutting-edge articles challenges
current social policies and public law regarding fatherhood across
nations. It provides an important global outlook on an intriguing
and important topic as well as inspiration for future research.
Over the past few decades, scholarly and policy interest in
fatherhood and fathering has burgeoned, in large part because of
profound social changes in women's and men's lives in the last half
of the twentieth century. However, this research has remained
largely national in focus, with little cross-cultural dissemination
of knowledge about fathering practices and supportive or
constraining social policies. This insightful volume presents a
transatlantic perspective on fatherhood and fathering comparatively
across nation states, as well as in individual countries (including
the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Norway.) Exploring
the diversity of fatherhood, it encompasses differences across
social class, race and ethnicity, age and life course, and varied
household formations. The articles examine young fathers, separated
and divorced fathers, fathers from minority ethnic and immigrant
groups, working-class fathers, new fathers, gay fathers, and
fathers of children with special needs. Readers can gauge the
different "epochs" of fathering over time and explore the tension
that fathers may experience between being good financial providers
and actively caring for their children. Topics of adversity in the
face of fatherhood include non-residence, homelessness or poor
housing; marginalization in wider society; racism; low-paying,
unstable or lack of employment; and the struggle to find a
work-family balance. When looking at fatherhood on an international
scale, it is imperative to ask if fathers' subjectivities and
actions can be understood outside of their social and material
contexts. The articles here take the reader through these contexts
- such as family and neighborhood supports, the labor market,
welfare state conditions and the way in which policy measures
interact with preexisting and varying conditions. Authored by
leading figures in fathering research from North America, Europe,
and Scandinavia, the multilayered and intriguing articles in this
volume of The ANNALS point toward the need for sustainable policy
frameworks that enable fathers to be involved in their children's
lives in ways that do not include biased assumptions about the
expression of that involvement. Students, scholars and policymakers
will find that this collection of cutting-edge articles challenges
current social policies and public law regarding fatherhood across
nations. It provides an important global outlook on an intriguing
and important topic as well as inspiration for future research.
Two leading sociologists of the family examine the changing role of
American grandparents--how they strive for both independence and
family ties.
One of the myths about families in inner-city neighbourhoods is
that they are characterized by poor parenting. The sociologist
Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and other
misconceptions about success, parenting, and socioeconomic
advantage in this text. The book launches a series which focuses on
how and why youth are able to overcome - rather than succumb to -
social disadvantages. Based on more than 500 interviews and
qualitative case studies of families in inner-city Philadelphia,
the text reveals how parents managed different levels of resources
and dangers in low-income neighbourhoods and how this management,
rather than community involvement, contributed to the success of
their children. The authors detail the factors that shape the
trajectories of adolescents and in so doing provide information
about programmes and services that should be useful to policy
makers, sociologists, educators, and indeed anyone concerned with
the fate of the urban poor.
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