The volume is divided into three parts. The first focuses on the present realities, including gender issues in the workplace; the family effects of the 24-hour economy; and the need to consider the intersection of race, work, and family when casting - a framework to address these emergent issues. The second part presents research on strategies that seek to respond to emergent issues, including part-time managers, negotiating parents' time for involvement with children, and the effects of a community's downsizing on its social capital. The third section is devoted to timely issues that have important implications for employment and family well-being for women and the preparation of future members of the labor force.
In the current set of articles, the authors set the stage for a discussion of what we as a society must consider from this point on in seeking to redefine the institutional arrangements that give meaning and place to individuals and thus serve the broader social good.
