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Cut Adrift makes an important and original contribution to the national conversation about inequality and risk in American society. Set against the backdrop of rising economic insecurity and rolled-up safety nets, Marianne Cooper's probing analysis explores what keeps Americans up at night. Through poignant case studies, she reveals what families are concerned about, how they manage their anxiety, whose job it is to worry, and how social class shapes all of these dynamics, including what is even worth worrying about in the first place. This powerful study is packed with intriguing discoveries ranging from the surprising anxieties of the rich to the critical role of women in keeping struggling families afloat. Through tales of stalwart stoicism, heart-wrenching worry, marital angst, and religious conviction, Cut Adrift deepens our understanding about how families are coping in a go-it-alone age--and how the different strategies on which affluent, middle-class, and poor families rely upon not only reflect inequality, but fuel it.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social issues & processes

• Full title: Cut Adrift
• Subtitle: Families in Insecure Times
• Author: Marianne Cooper
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780520277656
• ISBN: 0520277651
• ID: 04618216
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Weight: 750 g
• Dimensions: 238 × 158 × 29 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. July 2014

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