BIBLIOGRAFIA (en ingl・)
Books, Articles and Documents Barnes, Gill Gorell et al. Growing Up in Stepfamilies. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. Besharov, Douglas J., ed. America's Disconnected Youth: Toward a Preventive Strategy. Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1999. Bianchi, Suzanne M. "Maternal Employment and Time with Children: Dramatic Change of Surprising Continuity?" Demography, November 2000, pp. 401-414. Bolton, Michele Kremen. The Third Shift: Managing Hard Choices in Our Careers, Homes and Lives as Women. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. Booth, Alan and Crouter, Ann C., eds. Men in Families: When Do They Get Involved? What Difference Does It Make? Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998. Braver, Sanford L., with O'Connell, Diane. Divorced Dads: Shattering the Myths. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1998. Bray, James H. and Kelly, John. Stepfamilies: Love, Marriage, and Parenting in the First Decade. New York: Broadway Books, 1998. Chadwick, Bruce A. and Heaton, Tim B., eds. Statistical Handbook on the American Family. 2d ed. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1999. Coltrane, Scott. Family Man: Fatherhood, Housework and Gender Equity. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Coontz, Stephanie. The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America's Changing Families. New York: Basic Books, 1997. Coontz, Stephanie, with Parson, Maya and Raley, Gabrielle, eds. American Families: A Multicultural Reader. New York: Routledge, 1999. Cunningham, Laura Shaine. A Place in the Country. New York: Riverhead Books, 2000. Demo, David H.; Allen, Katherine R.; and Fine, Mark A., eds. The Handbook of Family Diversity. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Farrell, Betty G. Family: The Making of an Idea, an Institution, and a Controversy in American Culture. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1999. Folbre, Nancy. The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values. New York: New Press, 2001. Friedman, Stewart D. and Greenhaus, Jeffrey H. Work and Family--Allies or Enemies? What Happens When Business Professionals Confront Life Choices. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Furstenburg, Frank F., Jr., and Cherlin, Andrew J. Divided Families: What Happens When Parents Part. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991. Galinsky, Ellen. Ask the Children: What America's Children Really Think about Working Parents. New York: Morrow, 1999. Gillis, John R. A World of Their Own Making: Myth, Ritual and the Quest for Family Values. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Greiff, Barrie Sanford. Legacy: The Giving of Life's Greatest Treasures. New York: Regan Books, 1999. Hamburg, David A. Today's Children: Creating a Future for a Generation in Crisis. New York: Times Books, 1992. Harvard Business Review on Work and Life Balance. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2000. Helburn, Suzanne W., ed. "The Silent Crisis in U.S. Child Care." The Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Science, May 1999, pp. 8-219.
This issue treats the costs, effects and quality of child care in America. Hochschild, Arlie Russell with Anne Machung. Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home. New York: Viking, 1989. Hochschild, Arlie Russell. The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work. New York: Metropolitan Books, 1997. Hutter, Mark. The Changing Family. 3d ed. Needham, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1998. Hutter, Mark, ed. The Family Experience: A Reader in Cultural Diversity. 3d ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000. Kaetz, James P., ed. "Marriage & Family." The Phi Kappa Phi Journal, Summer 2000, pp. 10-45.
A series of articles by Stephanie Coontz and others. Lynd, Robert S. and Lynd, Helen Merrell. Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1959. Mintz, Steven and Kellogg, Susan. Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life. New York: Free Press, 1988. Perlow, Leslie A. Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1997. Pitt-Catsouphes, Marcie and Googins, Bradley K., eds. "The Evolving World of Work and Family: New Stakeholders, New Voices." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, March 1999, pp. 8-211.
Articles address diverse families and organizations, families and organizations in transition, and offer policy perspectives on work and family. Robertson, Brian C. There's No Place Like Work: How Business, Government and Our Obsession with Work Have Driven Parents from Home. Dallas, TX: Spence, 2000. Shellenbarger, Sue. Work & Family: Essays from the "Work & Family" Column of the Wall Street Journal. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999. Smith, Tom W.; Davis, James A.; and Marsden, Peter V. The Emerging 21st Century American Family. Chicago: National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago, November 24, 1999. http://www.norc.uchicago.edu/online/emerge.pdf Sommers-Flanagan, Rita; Elander, Chelsea; and Sommers-Flanagan, John. Don't Divorce Us! Kids' Advice to Divorcing Parents. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association, 2000. South, Scott J. and Tolnay, Stewart E., eds. The Changing American Family: Sociological and Demographic Perspectives. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992. Stacey, Judith. In the Name of the Family: Rethinking Family Values in the Postmodern Age. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996. Teachman, Jay D.; Tedrow, Lucky M.; and Crowder, Kyle D. "The Changing Demography of America's Families." Journal of Marriage and the Family, November 2000, pp. 1234-1246. Unell, Barbara C. and Wyckoff, Jerry L. The 8 Stages of Parenthood: How the Stages of Parenting Constantly Reshape Our Adult Identities. New York: Times Books, 2000. U.S. Dept. of Labor. Meeting the Needs of Today's Workforce: Child Care Best Practices. Washington: 1998. http://www.dol.gov/dol/wb/childcare/child3.pdf U.S. Dept. of Labor. Women's Bureau. Employer Child Care Resources: A Guide to Developing Effective Child Care Programs and Policies. Washington: 1998. Urban Institute. Snapshots of America's Families II: A View of the Nation and 13 States from the National Survey of America's Families. Washington: Urban Institute, 2000. http://newfederalism.urban.org/nsaf/snapshots_index.html
A comment on the study released by U.S. News Online is available at: http://newfederalism.urban.org/nsaf/media/usnews.html Wallerstein, Judith; Lewis, Julia; and Blakeslee, Sandra. The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25-Year Landmark Study. New York: Hyperion Books, 2000. Zuckerman, Diana, ed. On Common Ground: Prominent Women Talk about Work and Family. Washington: Institute for Women's Policy Research, 1999.
Internet Sites AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)
http://www.aarp.org/
A leading organization for people age 50 and older, AARP "serves their needs and interests through information and education, advocacy, and community services. . . . "Some of the topics addressed on the Web page include computers and technology, health and wellness, legislative issues, leisure and fun, life transitions, money and work, research and reference and the volunteer experience. AARP Grandparent Information Center
http://www.aarp.org/confacts/programs/gic.html
AARP's Grandparent Information Center serves "grandparents raising grandchildren, grandparents who are concerned with their visitation rights with their grandchildren, step-grandparents, and traditional grandparents who want to have a role in their grandchildren's lives." Services offered include Web site tip sheets on a variety of topics, print publications, a newsletter called Parenting Grandchildren, information and referral to local support groups, technical assistance and networking, research and advocacy. AFL-CIO Working Women Working Together
http://www.aarp.org/confacts/programs/gic.html
Fact sheets on working women, equal pay and childcare are a notable feature of this site. It also contains sets of links of interest to working women http://www.aflcio.org/women/ww_links.htm and working families http://www.aflcio.org/front/wf_links.htm. The Alliance of Work/Life Professionals
http://www.awlp.org/
This membership organization has the mission of "promoting work/family and personal life balance." In addition to providing members with information on upcoming events and job postings, the site allows you to search for books, software, videos, workshops and training courses on benefits, child care, elder care, culture and flexibility. AmeriStat
http://www.ameristat.org/
Developed by the Population Reference Bureau in partnership with demographer Bill Frey and experts from the University of Michigan and the State University of New York at Albany, AmeriStat provides instant summaries of the demographic characteristics of the U.S. population. Areas of interest include marriage and the family, population estimates and projections, children and the older population. At-Home Dad
http://www.athomedad.com/
At-Home Dad is a quarterly on-line newsletter, which was started "to connect the over 2 million fathers who stay home with their children." The newsletter also provides tips for home businesses, personal accounts from other at-home dads, surveys and various other resources available for dads and their children. The Center for Work and the Family
http://www.centerforworkandfamily.com/
With offices in Bethesda, Maryland, and Berkeley, California, the center offers training and support to employees and their partners on and off the work site. The goal is to &bridge the gap between the needs of families and the world of work." Information on the center's various training seminars and programs is presented on this site. The Center for Working Families
http://workingfamilies.berkeley.edu/
Composed of an interdisciplinary group of UC Berkeley faculty, graduate students, visiting scholars, and postgraduate researchers who are doing research on families and "cultures of care," the center offers a rich variety of resources on this site. Sections provide information on lectures, workshops, research projects, publications, working papers, bibliographies, syllabi, media reports, announcements and related links. Childless by Choice
http://now2000.com/cbc/
"Childless by Choice is an information clearinghouse for people who have decided not to have children, and for those who are deciding whether or not to become parents." Books, back copies of the CBC newsletter, and other items can be purchased on the site. Links to related resources are also available. Children Now
http://www.childrennow.org/economics/
This advocacy group for children sponsors several programs, including one on Working Families, which promotes. . . "quality child care, health care, child support, and fair tax policies" to help working families move from public assistance into the workforce. Reports, fact sheets and other resources are featured on this site. Children with Disabilities
http://www.childrenwithdisabilities.ncjrs.org/
The Children with Disabilities Web page has information for families, service providers and individuals on advocacy, education, employment, health, housing, recreation, technical assistance and transportation. The site is divided into federal, state/local and national resources; a calendar of events; information on grants and funding; research and statistics; "Youth to Youth" projects, and highlights of new features and resources. ChildStats.gov: Forum on Child and Family Statistics
http://childstats.gov/
This is the official Web site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, which fosters coordination and collaboration in the collection and reporting of Federal statistics on children and families. The site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families. Topics addressed include: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment and education. The Council on Contemporary Families (CCF)
http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/
Through the dissemination of educational materials, media coverage, conferences and seminars, CCF enhances "the national conversation about what contemporary families need and how these needs can best be met." Recent publications, news stories, links, and other resources are accessible on this page. Eparent.com
http://www.eparent.com/
The on-line version of Exceptional Parent Magazine, this site provides " information, support, ideas, encouragement and outreach for parents and families of children with disabilities and the professionals who work with them." The site is searchable and provides a means for visitors (adults and children) to exchange information about their experiences. Links to products and services; books, videos and software; toys; and resources on health care, mobility and financial planning are also included. Families and Work Institute
http://www.familiesandworkinst.org/
This non-profit advocacy group addresses "the changing nature of work and family life." Major activities include policy and work site research, evaluation and technical assistance, and dissemination of research reports and other publications. Another major initiative is the Fatherhood Project (http://www.igc.org/fatherhood/). Founded in 1981, this national research and education project examines the future of fatherhood and is developing ways to support men's involvement in child rearing, using books, films, seminars, consultation and training. Generations United
http://www.gu.org/
Generations United is a national coalition dedicated to intergenerational policy, programs and issues. It serves as a resource and forum for policymakers and those working with caregivers. This Web page outlines innovative programs, legislation, legal strategies, public benefits, support groups and other initiatives related to grandparents and other relatives who are raising children without a parent present. The Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/research_work.html
Work and family issues are of critical importance to this non-profit, scientific research organization. Current projects assess the need for family and medical leave, survey prominent women on their struggle to combine work and family, and analyze issues related to shift work and child care. National Center on Fatherhood and Families
http://www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu/
NCOFF is an interdisciplinary policy research center devoted to studying father involvement and family development. Sections on this site include FatherLit, an on-line database; an events database; a programs database; NCOFF Publications; the Father&FamilyLINK Web site; a list of national research, public awareness, practice, and policy resources; and employment opportunities. National Child Care Information Center
http://nccic.org/
This center links information and people to "complement, enhance, and promote" the child care delivery system and works to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services. The center is a project of the Child Care Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. National Council on Family Relations
http://www.ncfr.com/
The mission of the council is to act as a "forum for family researchers, educators, and practitioners to share in the development and dissemination of knowledge about families and family relationships. . . . " The organization also publishes two scholarly journals, Journal of Marriage and Family and Family Relations, as well as books, audio/video tapes and learning tools. It sponsors an annual conference, promotes family life education, and fosters dialogue among family professionals using a variety of approaches including this Web page. Alfred P. Sloan Working Family Center on Parents, Children, and Work
http://www.spc.uchicago.edu/orgs/sloan/
This center at the University of Chicago is dedicated to "understanding how the intricately woven influences that working families experience affect parents, children, and family life." On this Web site you can find lists of workshops, publications, working papers, presentations and links. Stepfamily Association of America
http://www.stepfam.org/
Links to books, educational materials, advocacy activities and events, facts and figures, and various other programs and services are located on this site. SAA is a national organization, which provides education, training and support for stepfamilies and professionals who work with stepfamilies. U.S. Bureau of the Census
http://www.census.gov/
The Census Bureau Web site provides on-line access to its data, publications, products and programs. Some of the topics addressed include children, households and families, child care, and grandparents and grandchildren. Population projections for households and families are also provided. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
Responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals and communities, ACF provides access to fact sheets, news articles, and statistics on topics ranging from adoption to youth development on this page. U.S. Dept. of Labor. Women's Bureau
http://www.dol.gov/dol/wb/
Central to the mission of this government agency is "the responsibility to advocate and inform women directly and the public, as well, of women's work rights and employment issues." Among the many resources on this page is a section on child care and elder care. The Women's Bureau also sponsors a work and family clearinghouse and is the source of many useful publications. Working Moms Refuge
http://www.momsrefuge.com/
The founder of Working Moms Refuge says: "I had felt for a long time that there wasn't a site on the Web that really spoke to me and my life. So, I invited this impromptu community of working moms to help me create that place. . . . This is a home for all of us who live the manic life of juggling." Resources cover family, career, single moms, dads' voices and news.
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