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The New American Grandparent

A Place in the Family, A Life Apart

By: Andrew CHERLIN,Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.

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The New American Grandparent

A Place in the Family, A Life Apart

By: Andrew CHERLIN,Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.

Two leading sociologists of the family examine the changing role of American grandparents--how they strive for both independence and family ties.

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Harvard University Press

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0674029488

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9780674029484

Divided Families

What Happens to Children when Parents Part

By: Frank F. Furstenberg,Andrew J. Cherlin

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What Happens to Children when Parents Part

By: Frank F. Furstenberg,Andrew J. Cherlin

Explores the effects of divorce on children and their parents.

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Harvard University Press

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067465577X

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9780674655775

Managing to Make It

Urban Families and Adolescent Success

By: Frank F. Furstenberg,Thomas D. Cook,Jacquelynne Eccles,Glen H. Elder Jr.

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Urban Families and Adolescent Success

By: Frank F. Furstenberg,Thomas D. Cook,Jacquelynne Eccles,Glen H. Elder Jr.

One of the myths about families in inner-city neighborhoods is that they are characterized by poor parenting. Sociologist Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and other misconceptions about success, parenting, and socioeconomic advantage in Managing to Make It. This unique study—the first in the MacArthur Foundation Studies on Successful Adolescent Development series—focuses on how and why youth are able to overcome social disadvantages. Based on nearly 500 interviews and case studies of families in inner-city Philadelphia, Managing to Make It lays out in detail the creative means parents use to manage risks and opportunities in their communities. More importantly, it also depicts the strategies parents develop to steer their children away from risk and toward resources that foster positive development and lead to success. "Indispensible to anyone concerned about breaking the cycle of poverty and helplessness among at-risk adolescents, this book has a readable, graphic style easily grasped by those unfamiliar with statistical techniques." —Library Journal

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University of Chicago Press

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0226273938

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9780226273938

Destinies of the Disadvantaged

The Politics of Teen Childbearing

By: Frank F. Furstenberg

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Destinies of the Disadvantaged

The Politics of Teen Childbearing

By: Frank F. Furstenberg

Teen childbearing has risen to frighteningly high levels over the last four decades, jeopardizing the life chances of young parents and their offspring alike, particularly among minority communities. Or at least, that's what politicians on the right and left often tell us, and what the American public largely believes. But sociologist Frank Furstenberg argues that the conventional wisdom distorts reality. In Destinies of the Disadvantaged, Furstenberg traces the history of public concern over teen pregnancy, exploring why this topic has become so politically powerful, and so misunderstood. Based on over forty years of Furstenberg's research on teen childbearing, Destinies of the Disadvantaged relates how the issue emerged from obscurity to become one of the most heated social controversies in America. Both slipshod research by social scientists and opportunistic grandstanding by politicians have contributed to public misunderstanding of the issue. Although out-of-wedlock teen pregnancy rose notably between 1960 and 1990—a cause for concern given the burdens of single motherhood at a young age—this trend did not reflect a rise in the rate of overall teen pregnancies. In fact, teen pregnancy actually declined dramatically in the 1960s and 1970s. The number of unmarried teenage mothers rose after 1960, not because more young women became pregnant, but because those who did increasingly chose not to rush into marriage. Furstenberg shows how early social science research on this topic exaggerated the adverse consequences of early parenthood both for young parents and for their children. Researchers also inaccurately portrayed single teenage motherhood as a phenomenon concentrated among minorities. Both of these misapprehensions skewed subsequent political debates. The issue became a public obsession and remained so during the 1990s, even as rates of out-of-wedlock teen childbearing plummeted. Addressing teen pregnancy was originally a liberal cause, led by advocates of family planning services, legalized abortion, and social welfare programs for single mothers. The issue was later adopted by conservatives, who argued that those liberal remedies were encouraging teen parenthood. According to Furstenberg, the flexible political usefulness of the issue explains its hold on political discourse. The politics of teen parenthood is a fascinating case study in the abuse of social science for political ends. In Destinies of the Disadvantaged, Furstenberg brings that tale to life with the perspective of a historian and the insight of an insider, and provides the straight facts needed to craft effective policies to address teen pregnancy.

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610442342

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9781610442343

Life with Father

Parenthood and Masculinity in the Nineteenth-Century American North

By: Stephen M. Frank

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Life with Father

Parenthood and Masculinity in the Nineteenth-Century American North

By: Stephen M. Frank

Who was the Victorian patriarch, and what kind of father was he? In this richly documented study, Stephen M. Frank presents the first account of nineteenth-century family life to focus on the role of fathers. Drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs, and other primary sources, Frank explores what fathers thought about their family responsibilities and how men behaved as parents. His findings are often surprising. Beneath the stereotype of the starched Victorian patriarch, he discovers fathers who were playful, demanding, uncertain of their authority, and deeply anxious about their children's prospects in a rapidly changing society—men with strikingly modern attitudes toward parenthood. Focusing on Northern, middle-class families, he also uncovers the social origins of the "family man" ideal and explores how this standard of middle-class propriety found its way into practice. Life with Father looks beyond the well-known nineteenth-century fascination with motherhood to discover a social order that valued a "father's care" no less than a "mother's love" as a basis for stable family relationships. This compelling social history engages readers with the story of how families in the past struggled with economic and social changes that required fathers to reassess themselves as parents and as men.

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JHU Press

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0801858550

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9780801858550

Behind the Academic Curtain

How to Find Success and Happiness with a PhD

By: Frank F. Furstenberg

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Behind the Academic Curtain

How to Find Success and Happiness with a PhD

By: Frank F. Furstenberg

More people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD these days. When they get there, they discover a bewildering environment: a rapid immersion in their discipline, a keen competition for resources, and uncertain options for their future, whether inside or outside of academia. Life with a PhD can begin to resemble an unsolvable maze. In Behind the Academic Curtain, Frank F. Furstenberg offers a clear and user-friendly map to this maze. Drawing on decades of experience in academia, he provides a comprehensive, empirically grounded, and, most important of all, practical guide to academic life. While the greatest anxieties for PhD candidates and postgrads are often centered on getting that tenure-track dream job, each stage of an academic career poses a series of distinctive problems. Furstenberg divides these stages into five chapters that cover the entire trajectory of an academic life, including how to make use of a PhD outside of academia. From finding the right job to earning tenure, from managing teaching loads to conducting research, from working on committees to easing into retirement, he illuminates all the challenges and opportunities an academic can expect to encounter. Each chapter is designed for easy consultation, with copious signposts, helpful suggestions, and a bevy of questions that all academics should ask themselves throughout their career, whether at a major university, junior college, or a nonacademic organization. An honest and up-to-date portrayal of how this life really works, Behind the Academic Curtain is an essential companion for any scholar, at any stage of his or her career.

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University of Chicago Press

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022606624X

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9780226066240

The New American Grandparent

By: Andrew J. Cherlin,Frank F. Furstenberg

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By: Andrew J. Cherlin,Frank F. Furstenberg

Two leading sociologists of the family examine the changing role of American grandparents—how they strive for both independence and family ties.

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Harvard University Press

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0674608380

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Managing to Make It

Urban Families and Adolescent Success

By: Frank F. Furstenberg,Thomas D. Cook,Jacquelynne Eccles,Glen H. Elder Jr.

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Urban Families and Adolescent Success

By: Frank F. Furstenberg,Thomas D. Cook,Jacquelynne Eccles,Glen H. Elder Jr.

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0226273938

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On the Frontier of Adulthood

Theory, Research, and Public Policy

By: Richard A. Settersten Jr.,Frank F. Furstenberg,Rubén G. Rumbaut

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On the Frontier of Adulthood

Theory, Research, and Public Policy

By: Richard A. Settersten Jr.,Frank F. Furstenberg,Rubén G. Rumbaut

On the Frontier of Adulthood reveals a startling new fact: adulthood no longer begins when adolescence ends. A lengthy period before adulthood, often spanning the twenties and even extending into the thirties, is now devoted to further education, job exploration, experimentation in romantic relationships, and personal development. Pathways into and through adulthood have become much less linear and predictable, and these changes carry tremendous social and cultural significance, especially as institutions and policies aimed at supporting young adults have not kept pace with these changes. This volume considers the nature and consequences of changes in early adulthood by drawing upon a wide variety of historical and contemporary data from the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. Especially dramatic shifts have occurred in the conventional markers of adulthood—leaving home, finishing school, getting a job, getting married, and having children—and in how these experiences are configured as a set. These accounts reveal how the process of becoming an adult has changed over the past century, the challenges faced by young people today, and what societies can do to smooth the transition to adulthood. "This book is the most thorough, wide-reaching, and insightful analysis of the new life stage of early adulthood."—Andrew Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University "From West to East, young people today enter adulthood in widely diverse ways that affect their life chances. This book provides a rich portrait of this journey-an essential font of knowledge for all who care about the younger generation."—Glen H. Elder Jr., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "On the Frontier of Adulthood adds considerably to our knowledge about the transition from adolescence to adulthood. . . . It will indeed be the definitive resource for researchers for years to come. Anyone working in the area—whether in demography, sociology, economics, or developmental psychology—will wish to make use of what is gathered here."—John Modell, Brown University "This is a must-read for scholars and policymakers who are concerned with the future of today's youth and will become a touchpoint for an emerging field of inquiry focused on adult transitions."—Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University

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0226748898

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Book's by Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.

The New American Grandparent

The New American Grandparent

Divided Families

Divided Families

Managing to Make It

Managing to Make It

Destinies of the Disadvantaged

Destinies of the Disadvantaged

Life with Father

Life with Father

Behind the Academic Curtain

Behind the Academic Curtain

The New American Grandparent

The New American Grandparent

Managing to Make It

Managing to Make It

On the Frontier of Adulthood

On the Frontier of Adulthood

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