Rhona Rapoport
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Description
Dr. Rhona Rapoport received her Ph.D. degree sociology from the London School of Economics and then trained as a psychoanalyst at the London Institute of Psychoanalysis. For twenty years, she was a consultant to the Ford Foundation developing programs on work and family issues. Currently, she is director of the Institute of Family and Environmental Research, a nonprofit educational trust located in London. She has written several books, many with her late husband Robert Rapoport.
Books
Leisure and the family life cycle
The authors describe people's preoccupations at different stages of the life cycle, and look at holidays, hobbies, and institutionalised leisure, in terms of the contemporary changes in society. While not denying the need for large-scale societal support for many leisure and recreational programmes, they are particularly concerned with the hazards of the rapid institutionalisation of leisure, and suggest ways in which leisure providers can bridge the gap between their emerging institutions and the people for whom they are built.
Beyond work-family balance
"Everyone who struggles to meet the demands of work and personal-life responsibilities knows how tough it is to do so. This book shows that it is the deeply engrained separation of work and personal life that has limited our ability to deal effectively with the conflict between them. Beyond Work-Family Balance demonstrates why the image of "balance" is outmoded and why a new approach-work-personal life integration-offers greater promise for meaningful change."--BOOK JACKET.