| Description |
xxv, 596 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to sociology ; 9
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [515]-583) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Families in a global world. 1. Globalization and western bias in family sociology / Don Edgar -- 2. Changing European families: trends and issues / Kathleen Kiernan -- 3. Recent demographic trends in the US and implications for well-being / Sinikka Elliott, Debra Umberson -- 4. Children, families, states, and changing citizenship / Hilary Land -- 5. Families and local communities / Graham Crow, Catherine Maclean -- pt. II. Life-course perspectives on the family. 6. Generations, the life course, and family change / J. Beth Mabry, Roseann Giarrusso, Vern L. Bengtson -- 7. Children's families / Jacqueline Scott -- 8. Aging and the life course / Chris Phillipson, Graham Allan -- 9. Parenting practices / Duane F. Alwin -- 10. Time, through the life course, in the family / Jonathan Gershuny -- pt. III. Inequality and diversity. Inequality and the family / Philip N. Cohen, Danielle MacCartney -- 12. Families of the poor / Robert Walker, Claire Collins -- 13. Social capital and the family / Frank F. Furstenberg, Sarah B. Kaplan -- 14. Family, the state, and health care: changing roles in the new century / Ronald J. Angel, Jacqueline L. Angel -- 15. Immigrant families in the US / Karen Pyke -- 16. Immigrant families in the UK / Alison Shaw -- pt. IV. Changing family forms and relationships. 17. Religion, romantic love, and the family / Bryan S. Turner -- 18. Trends in the formation and dissolution of couples / Joanne J. Paetsch ... [et al.] -- 19. Children, families, and divorce / Jan Pryor, Liz Trinder -- 20. The lesbian and gay family / Jeffrey Weeks, Brian Heaphy, Catherine Donovam [sic, i.e. Donovan] -- 21. Couples and their networks / Eric Widmer -- 22. Men in families and households / David H. J. Morgan -- pt. V. Changing social contexts. 23. Sex and family: changes and challenges / Judith Treas -- 24. Feminism and the family / Michelle Budig -- 25. Work and families / Shirley Dex -- 26. Public policy and families / Wendy Sigle-Rushton, Catherine Kenney -- 27. Assisted reproduction, genetic technologies, and family life / Martin Richards -- 28. Families in a runaway world / Ulrich Beck, Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim. |
| Subject |
Families -- Research.
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Sociology.
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| Added Author |
Scott, Jacqueline L.
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Treas, Judith.
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Richards, Martin, 1940 January 26-
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| ISBN |
0631221581 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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