Naomi Gerstel, Dan Clawson, and Robert Zussman are professors of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. All are editors of the ASA Rose Series in Social Policy.

• Part 1 Family Labour and the Construction of Gender: Being the ""Go-To Guy"" - Fatherhood, Masculinity and the Organization of Work in Silicon Valley, Marianne Cooper; My Wife Can Tell Me Who I Know - Methodological and Conceptual Problems in Studying Fathers, Annette Lareau; Constructing Gender and Occupational Segregation - Women and Work in Fishing Communities, Carrie L. Yodanis; Domesticity and the Political Economy of Lesbigay Families, Christopher Carrington. Part II Employment and the Care of Children: Halving it All - The Mother and Mr Mom, Francine Deutsch; I'm Here, But I'm There - The Meanings of Transnational Motherhood, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Ernestine Avila; Using Kin for Childcare - Embedment in the Socioeconomic Networks of Extended Families, Lynet Uttal; Work-Family Issues of Mothers of Teenage Children, Demie Kurz. Part III Family, Community and Social Context: Black Picket Fences - Growing Up in Groveland, Mary Pattillo-McCoy; Single Mothers and Social Support - The Commitment to, and Retreat from, Reciprocity, Margaret K. Nelson; The Third Shift - Gender and Care Work Outside the Home, Naomi Gerstel; Producing Family Time - Practices of Leisure Activity Beyond the Home, Marjorie L. DeVault. Part IV Policy, Politics and Working Families: Challenges for Studying Care after AFDC, Stacey Oliker; Living with Violence - Women's Reliance on Abusive Men in Their Transitions from Welfare to Work, Ellen K. Scott, Andrew S. London, Nancy A. Myers; Union's Responses to Family Concerns, Naomi Gerstel, Dan Clawson; The Contradictory Effects of Work and Family on Political Activism, Rebecca E. Klatch.

. . . vivid portrayals of the lived experience of workers in these different contexts. On their own, many are exceptionally compelling narratives. As a whole, the collection is of a consistently high standard and relevance to the book's objects.--Labour Industry

Naomi Gerstel, Dan Clawson, and Robert Zussman are professors of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. All are editors of the ASA Rose Series in Social Policy.

• Part 1 Family Labour and the Construction of Gender: Being the ""Go-To Guy"" - Fatherhood, Masculinity and the Organization of Work in Silicon Valley, Marianne Cooper; My Wife Can Tell Me Who I Know - Methodological and Conceptual Problems in Studying Fathers, Annette Lareau; Constructing Gender and Occupational Segregation - Women and Work in Fishing Communities, Carrie L. Yodanis; Domesticity and the Political Economy of Lesbigay Families, Christopher Carrington. Part II Employment and the Care of Children: Halving it All - The Mother and Mr Mom, Francine Deutsch; I'm Here, But I'm There - The Meanings of Transnational Motherhood, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Ernestine Avila; Using Kin for Childcare - Embedment in the Socioeconomic Networks of Extended Families, Lynet Uttal; Work-Family Issues of Mothers of Teenage Children, Demie Kurz. Part III Family, Community and Social Context: Black Picket Fences - Growing Up in Groveland, Mary Pattillo-McCoy; Single Mothers and Social Support - The Commitment to, and Retreat from, Reciprocity, Margaret K. Nelson; The Third Shift - Gender and Care Work Outside the Home, Naomi Gerstel; Producing Family Time - Practices of Leisure Activity Beyond the Home, Marjorie L. DeVault. Part IV Policy, Politics and Working Families: Challenges for Studying Care after AFDC, Stacey Oliker; Living with Violence - Women's Reliance on Abusive Men in Their Transitions from Welfare to Work, Ellen K. Scott, Andrew S. London, Nancy A. Myers; Union's Responses to Family Concerns, Naomi Gerstel, Dan Clawson; The Contradictory Effects of Work and Family on Political Activism, Rebecca E. Klatch.

. . . vivid portrayals of the lived experience of workers in these different contexts. On their own, many are exceptionally compelling narratives. As a whole, the collection is of a consistently high standard and relevance to the book's objects.--Labour Industry

Naomi Gerstel, Dan Clawson, and Robert Zussman are professors of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. All are editors of the ASA Rose Series in Social Policy.

• Part 1 Family Labour and the Construction of Gender: Being the ""Go-To Guy"" - Fatherhood, Masculinity and the Organization of Work in Silicon Valley, Marianne Cooper; My Wife Can Tell Me Who I Know - Methodological and Conceptual Problems in Studying Fathers, Annette Lareau; Constructing Gender and Occupational Segregation - Women and Work in Fishing Communities, Carrie L. Yodanis; Domesticity and the Political Economy of Lesbigay Families, Christopher Carrington. Part II Employment and the Care of Children: Halving it All - The Mother and Mr Mom, Francine Deutsch; I'm Here, But I'm There - The Meanings of Transnational Motherhood, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Ernestine Avila; Using Kin for Childcare - Embedment in the Socioeconomic Networks of Extended Families, Lynet Uttal; Work-Family Issues of Mothers of Teenage Children, Demie Kurz. Part III Family, Community and Social Context: Black Picket Fences - Growing Up in Groveland, Mary Pattillo-McCoy; Single Mothers and Social Support - The Commitment to, and Retreat from, Reciprocity, Margaret K. Nelson; The Third Shift - Gender and Care Work Outside the Home, Naomi Gerstel; Producing Family Time - Practices of Leisure Activity Beyond the Home, Marjorie L. DeVault. Part IV Policy, Politics and Working Families: Challenges for Studying Care after AFDC, Stacey Oliker; Living with Violence - Women's Reliance on Abusive Men in Their Transitions from Welfare to Work, Ellen K. Scott, Andrew S. London, Nancy A. Myers; Union's Responses to Family Concerns, Naomi Gerstel, Dan Clawson; The Contradictory Effects of Work and Family on Political Activism, Rebecca E. Klatch.

. . . vivid portrayals of the lived experience of workers in these different contexts. On their own, many are exceptionally compelling narratives. As a whole, the collection is of a consistently high standard and relevance to the book's objects.--Labour Industry