{"product_id":"doing-the-best-i-can-fatherhood-in-the-inner-city","title":"Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eContributor(s): Edin, Kathryn (Author), Nelson, Timothy J (Author)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN: 0520283929 EAN: 9780520283923\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: University of California Press\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUS SRP: $29.95 US \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding: Paperback: 296 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePub Date: August 15, 2014\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCopyright Date: 2014\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnotation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly rich, paradigm-shifting look at fatherhood among inner-city men often dismissed as “deadbeat dads.” Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson examine how couples in challenging straits come together and get pregnant so quickly without planning.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe authors chronicle the high hopes for forging lasting family bonds that pregnancy inspires, and pinpoint the fatal flaws that often lead to the relationship’s demise. They offer keen insight into a radical redefinition of family life where the father-child bond is central and parental ties are peripheral.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDrawing on years of fieldwork, Doing the Best I Can show how mammoth economic and cultural changes have transformed the meaning of fatherhood among the urban poor. Intimate interviews with more than 100 fathers make real the significant obstacles faced by low-income men at every step in the familial process: from the difficulties of romantic relationships, to decision making dilemmas at conception, to the often celebratory moment of birth, and finally to the hardships that accompany the early years of the child's life, and beyond.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis item is \u003cstrong\u003eReturnable\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdditional Information\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- Social Science | Gender Studies\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- Social Science | Sociology | Urban\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- Family \u0026amp; Relationships | Parenting | Fatherhood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edin, Kathryn (Author), Nelson, Timothy J (Author)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51159132209439,"sku":"9780520283923","price":49.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/edin-kathryn-author-nelson-timothy-j-author-family-relationships-parenting-fatherhood-doing-the-best-i-can-36170675880173.jpg?v=1755881825","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/doing-the-best-i-can-fatherhood-in-the-inner-city","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}