Citizens, Families, and Reform

ISBN-13: 9781412804981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 218 str.

Stein Ringen

Opis

Modern families are economic institutions of great productivity. Theycontribute as much to a society's economic well-being as does workerproductivity in formal markets. In Citizens, Families, andReform, SteinRingen shows how long-standing inequalities of income and class areflexible and changing in post-industrial societies. Such inequalitiesrespond to structural changes such as social mobility and to publicpolicies such as those of the welfare state. His book is a study of theprocess from careful statistical analysis to specific policyrecommendations.

Spis treści

Preface: Reason and Restraint; I: Well-Being; Introduction: Hard Facts About Soft Values; 1: Persons; 2: Families; 3: Children; Reform; Introduction: Soft Means for Hard Goals; 4: Class; 5: Income; 6: The Civic Spirit; Postscript: A Statement on Political Philosophy

O autorze

Stein Ringen