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9780803990401 Academic Inspection Copy

Shifts in the Social Contract

Understanding Change in American Society
  • ISBN-13: 9780803990401
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
  • By Beth A. Rubin
  • Price: AUD $316.00
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  • Local release date: 08/08/1995
  • Format: Paperback (228.00mm X 152.00mm) 224 pages Weight: 310g
  • Categories: Sociology & anthropology [JH]USA [1KBB]
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Examining the changes in society in the United States, Beth Rubin explains how the current era differs fundamentally from the post-World War Two period; how and why that change has occured; and what its meaning is to everyday life. She traces the changes from a domestic to a global economy, the transformation of the workplace, and the impact that these changes have had on how other people are experiencing social aspects of their lives: their families and interpersonal relations, their communities and their experience of the culture of mass society.
PART ONE: SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Society in Transition The American Dream Accord in the Post-World War II Era End of a Century, End of an Era Implications PART TWO: FROM INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY TO FLEXIBLE ECONOMY The Labor-Capital Accord The Breakdown of the Accord The Emerging Economy Conclusions PART THREE: WORK IN THE FLEXIBLE ECONOMY Labor Market Segmentation Work in the Accord Years The Stable Workplace Work in the Post-Accord Years The Flexible Workplace The Challenge to Education Conclusions PART FOUR: FLEXIBLE FAMILIES From Pre-Industrial Families to Modern Families Accord-Era Families Forming Flexible Families Conclusions PART FIVE: THE CHANGING ROLE OF GOVERNMENT Levels of Government Involvement The Uninvolved State The Involved State The Distracted State Conclusions PART SIX: CULTURE IN A CHANGING WORLD Culture The Creation of Meaning Forces of Cultural Change Globalization and Cultural Change Conclusions PART SEVEN: TRANSITION TO THE FUTURE The Decline of the Postwar Social Contract, Revisited A New Era of Flexibility Possible Worlds Conclusions
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