3Q with Nina Bandelj on Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting
3Q with Nina Bandelj on Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting
- January 27, 2026
- Nina Bandelj, sociology, The Society Pages, Jan. 27, 2026
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Nina Bandelj is Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. She is an economic sociologist interested in how relational work, emotions, culture and power influence economic processes …. Here, I talk with her about her new book, Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting,
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