The book focuses on many of the broad causes and consequences of trends in the institutional, demographic, and technological spheres of American society that are continuing to transform both or working and non-working lives. The authors balance careful empirical account with a willingness to look ahead to future transformations of the workplace and to draw out the current policy implications of their analyses.

David B. Bills is Associate Professor of Sociology of Education and Chair of the Division of Planning, Policy, and Leadership Studies at The University of Iowa.