Striking a Balance

Striking a Balance cover
Edition:
1st
Date of publication:
January 2007
ISBN:
978-1-878585-62-2
Pages:
182
Price:
$18.95


  • Contents
  • Foreword by Juliet B. Schor
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Life Out of Balance
    • The Three Gaps
    • The Three Norms
    • Pitfalls...
    • ...and Possibilities
    • Striking a Balance
  • 2. Work and Other Tales of Meaning
    • What Is Work?
    • All in the Family?
    • Where Is Life?
  • 3. The Care Gap
    • Sizing Up the Care Gap
    • The Shared Care Solution
  • 4. The New Gender Gap (with Amy Pirretti)
    • Those Who Succeed...
    • ...and Those Who Care
    • Bias Avoidance among Faculty
    • Delayed Childbearing
  • 5. The Income Gap
    • Norms and Inequality
    • Why Norms Changed
    • Norms and the Income Gap
    • Faces Filling Places
  • 6. Norms Made Me Do It
    • Elementary School Teachers
    • Part-Time Professional Careers
    • On-Site Child Care
    • Bias Avoidance Revisited
  • 5. A Balanced Life for All
    • The Tools of Balance: Inclusion
    • The Foundation of Balance: Economic Supports
    • Moving Toward Balance
  • References
  • Appendices
  • Index