Cut Adrift

Families in Insecure Times
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-520-27767-0
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 437 g

Cut Adrift makes an important and original contribution to the national conversation about inequality and risk in American society. Set against the backdrop of rising economic insecurity and rolled-up safety nets, Marianne Cooper’s probing analysis explores what keeps Americans up at night. Through poignant case studies, she reveals what families are concerned about, how they manage their anxiety, whose job it is to worry, and how social class shapes all of these dynamics, including what is even worth worrying about in the first place.  This powerful study is packed with intriguing discoveries ranging from the surprising anxieties of the rich to the critical role of women in keeping struggling families afloat.  Through tales of stalwart stoicism, heart-wrenching worry, marital angst, and religious conviction, Cut Adrift deepens our understanding of how families are coping in a go-it-alone age—and how the different strategies on which affluent, middle-class, and poor families rely upon not only reflect inequality, but fuel it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooper, Marianne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgments 

Introduction: One Nation Under Worry

1. From Shared Prosperity to the Age of Insecurity: How We Got Here

2. Forging Security in an Insecure Age: The Study

3. Downscaling for Survival: Laura Delgado

4. The Upscaling of Security at the Top: Brooke and Paul Mah

5. Holding On at the Middle: Gina and Sam Calafato

6. When Religion Fills the Gap: Laeta and Kapo Faleau

7. Debt and Hope: Eddie and Chelsea Jenner

Conclusion: The Social Cost

Epilogue: The Families Today

Notes

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Marianne Cooper is a sociologist at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University and an affiliate at the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality. She was the lead researcher for Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg and is a contributor to LeanIn.org. She received her PhD in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.