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Men have traditionally been labelled as providers and women as nurturers; however, recent research on the work/family nexus has revealed that a far more complex situation exists in contemporary life. While many men fill the stereotypical role, an equal number face the same stresses that confront working women.

In this volume, articles present new research on the diversity of men′s work/family relationships, addressing a variety of family structures, characteristics and nationalities. The work of well-known researchers in the field is included, and a wide range of methods and populations studied.

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• Part 1 Fathering And Providing
• What Do Fathers Provide? Economic and Nurturant Dimensions of Men as Parents
• Are Men Marginal to the Family? Insights from Chicago's Inner City
• Japanese Fathers
• Work Demands and Family Roles
• Elderly Mexican-American Men
• Work and Family Patterns
• Part 2 Role Allocation And Role Change
• Work and Family Orientations of Contemporary Adolescent Boys and Girls
• Resistance and Change
• College Men's Attitudes Toward Family and Work in the 1990s
• Ethnicity and Difference
• White, Black and Hispanic Men's Household Labor Time
• Reluctant Compliance
• Work/Family Role Allocation in Dual-Earner Chicano Families
• Balancing Work and Single Fatherhood
• Meanings of Housework for Single Fathers and Mothers
• Insights into Gender Inequality
• Part 3 Workplace Organization And Policy
• Are Family-Supportive Employer Policies Relevant to Men?
• Nurturing Fathers and Working Mothers
• Changing Gender Roles in Sweden
• Segmentation and Synergy
• Two Models of Linking Work and Family

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CHOICE Review

Essays in this collection contribute to the literature on men and masculinities that is derived from feminist scholarship. The volume addresses questions about the influences of work and family in men's lives, using analytical frameworks that owe their guiding assumptions to women's studies. Readers will find questions that are more typically asked about women pursued with a variety of methodologies. Taken together, the essays offer a blend of survey research, data from interviewing, and field studies. A broad range of men is represented here. There is coverage of young and elderly men; of single fathers and of married men; of men in college and in disadvantaged inner-city zones; of Japanese, Swedish, Mexican American, African American, and Anglo men. Nearly all of the contributors are established and recognized in their specialties. Some of the essays require an advanced level of statistical knowledge, but most do not. The subject index is especially useful. Readers who are curious about how single fathers balance children and jobs as well as those looking for cutting edge research in men's studies will find what they are seeking here. All levels.