Transitions to adulthood in a changing economy : no work, no family, no future?
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Transitions to adulthood in a changing economy : no work, no family, no future?
Praeger, 1999
Available at / 13 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Based on a symposium held at Pennsylvania State University, Oct. 30-31, 1997
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In recent years the factors influencing young people's transition to adulthood have become much more problematic. This edited collection of papers from Pennsylvania State University's fifth annual Family Symposium explores the main issues involved in this transition, such as the widening gap between rich and poor, downsizing, global competition, and technological change. These factors have made jobs scarce in many areas, especially inner cities, and have profoundly affected family formation, making cohabitation, delays in marriage and parenthood, and prolonged residence with parents, the life choices of many young adults. These and other issues are explored by scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, who focus on four main questions: alterations in the structure of opportunity, prior experiences in the family, prior experiences in the workplace, and career development and marriage formation.
Table of Contents
Preface How Have Alterations in the Structure of Opportunity Affected Transitions to Adulthood? How Has the Changing Structure of Opportunities Affected Transitions to Adulthood? by Martha S. Hill and W. Jean Yeung Twenty-something: Down and Out in the Other America? by J. Lawrence Aber Alterations in the Opportunity Structure: A Criminological Perspective by John H. Laub Sure, I'd Like to Get Married...Some Day by Lynn White How Do Prior Experiences in the Family Affect Transitions to Adulthood? How Do Prior Experiences in the Family Affect Transition to Adulthood? by Kelly Mussick and Larry Bumpass Marital Conflict, Parent-Child Relationships, Gender, and Outcomes for Young Adults in Families by Martha Cox Family Inputs and the Transition to Adulthood by Ronald Rindfuss Values and Beliefs as Determinants of Outcomes in Children's Lives by William G. Axinn, Jennifer S. Barber, and Arland Thornton How Do Prior Experiences in the Workplace Set the Stage for Transitons to Adulthood? How Do Prior Experiences in the Workplace Set the Stage for Transitions to Adulthood? by Jeylan Mortimer, Carolyn Harley, and Pamela J. Aronson What Work Fosters Adolescent Development? by Steven Hamilton Rethinking the Young Adult Life Stage: Prolonged Dependency as an Adaptive Strategy by William Aquilino Having the Time of Their Lives: All Work and No Play? by Wayne Osgood Career Development and Marriage Formation in a Period of Rising Inequality: Who Is at Risk? What Are Their Prospects? Career Development and Marriage Formation in a Period of Rising Inequality: Who Is at Risk? What Are Their Prospects? by Valerie K. Oppenheimer and Alisa Lewin When History Is Omitted by John Modell Sequence and Timing among Young Adult Transitions: The Impact of Poverty on Developmental Course by Julia Graber Changing Marital Patterns: Consequences of Economic Distress? by Sheldon Danziger The Economics of Young Adulthood: One Future or Two? by Jennifer Tanner and Scott Yabiku Index
by "Nielsen BookData"