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Paper Instructions:
Your book review should include the following elements:
Bibliographic information about the book and background information about the author. Use APA or other full citation format for the book and do a google search of the author to find their current position and look at a curriculum vitae (CV)/ resume for information about their other research and scholarship). 1 point
Brief overview of the methods and types of data drawn on in the book. 1 point
A summary of the book's contents in which you highlight at least three of the main points the author is making. 3 points
Your assessment and appraisal of the book’s merits and shortcomings — how it compares with other research you've read on similar subjects, whether its conclusions flow from the analysis, and whether there is anything new or different in them. 2 points
Your assessment of how the findings / argument might be useful in shaping public policy on work and family. 1 point
Note: Your review should minimize jargon and technical language. It should not: (a) repeat the table of contents chapter by chapter or section by section; or go to great lengths to find something “bad” or “good” about the book or something that “should have been included”.