The Blackwell companion to the sociology of families / edited by Jacqueline L. Scott, Judith K. Treas, and Martin Richards.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scott, Jacqueline L.

Treas, Judith.

Richards, Martin, 1940 January 26-

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Series:

Blackwell companions to sociology ; 9.

Blackwell companions to sociology ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Research.

Families.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 596 pages) : illustrations.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., [2004]

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [515]-583) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: Blackwell companion to the sociology of families.

ISBN:

9780470998991

0470998997

Publisher Number:

99955199217

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