Acknowledgments Ix
1 The Career Mystique = 1
2 Learning The Career Mystique: Where Do Values and Expectations Come From? = 26
3 Do Young Adults Still Believe in The Career Mystique? = 41
4 If Real Work Is Paid Work, Can New Parents Follow The Career Mystique? = 60
5 Living The Career Mystique: Making It, Giving Up, Or Slipping Behind? = 94
6 Life Midcourse: Are Retirement Or Second Acts Inevitable, Desirable, Or Even Possible? = 129
7 Policies and Practices: Maintaining The Status Quo Or Challenging The Career Mystique? = 158
8 Beyond The Career Mystique: Recasting The Lockstep Life Course = 187
Notes = 201
References = 227
Subject Index = 271
1 The Career Mystique = 1
2 Learning The Career Mystique: Where Do Values and Expectations Come From? = 26
3 Do Young Adults Still Believe in The Career Mystique? = 41
4 If Real Work Is Paid Work, Can New Parents Follow The Career Mystique? = 60
5 Living The Career Mystique: Making It, Giving Up, Or Slipping Behind? = 94
6 Life Midcourse: Are Retirement Or Second Acts Inevitable, Desirable, Or Even Possible? = 129
7 Policies and Practices: Maintaining The Status Quo Or Challenging The Career Mystique? = 158
8 Beyond The Career Mystique: Recasting The Lockstep Life Course = 187
Notes = 201
References = 227
Subject Index = 271