Lillian Rubin, Families On The

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of deflecting anger about the state of the economy and the declining quality of urban life. Rubin warns that failure to recognize the suffering of the working-class family and to seek solutions for its problems jeopardize ``the very life of the nation itself”. The most striking part of this book is the evidence of the political machine that practically invites racism and other divisive forces into the situation. Families on the Fault Line contributes to a broader understanding of the pressures on the family through the case studies that Rubin demonstrates by using real people to illustrate these many different areas of class, race, and ethnicity in the reading.
There are many current pressures on the family both internal and external.
The make-up of the family is not as "cut and dry" as it once was. The nuclear family is dead and what has replaced it has put all old theories about the family to the test. One major change has been evolving in recent years is the rise of the ...

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market and capitalist economy with the ever-increasing consumption of the family unit the homemaker was called to enter the workforce. Having to cope with the traditional stresses of the household chores and stresses of working outside the home, the women are facing more pressures than ever before and it is taking a toll on the family.
The economy plays an important role in families and another facet of the
economic family unit is reproduction. The goal of the family unit is to produce children, which in turn expands the labor force, which creates a larger economic base. Corporations produce wealth in the form of goods and services and a can last well beyond an individual life span. ...

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