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