Jacqueline Scott / Judith K Treas / Martin P Richards (eds.)

Companion to Sociology of Families

Herausgeber: Scott, Jacqueline; Richards, Martin; Treas, Judith

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Families is an authoritative volume of original essays by expert contributors. It tackles a range of issues relevant to family life today, such as social inequality, parenting practices, children's work, the changing patterns of citizenship, and challenges confronting multi-cultural families. Each essay examines the changing family forms and relationships as well as the changing social context (by way of globalization, technological innovation, state policy, religion, employment and community) that shapes modern family life. From an explicitly comparative perspective, the authors provide a selective overview of empirical research and address emerging issues. Families in Europe and North America are given special attention, with discussion of previously neglected groups including immigrant families and gays and lesbians. The Companion shows how revolutionary changes in aging, longevity, and sexual behavior have radically affected the experience of children and parents over the life course, and shifted the ties that bind different generations. This exceptional volume shows why the study of social change in families is a necessary key for understanding the transformations in individual and social life, across the globe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1361g
• ISBN-13: 9780631221586
• ISBN-10: 0631221581
• Artikelnr.: 21531330

Autorenporträt

Jacqueline Scott is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Cambridge and Co-Director of the Cambridge Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing. Her recent publications examine youth and disadvantage, inter-generational attitudinal change and cross-national comparisons of family and demographic change. Judith Treas is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. A Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, she is recognized for research on the life course and aging, family, sexuality, inequality, and population. Her recent publications investigate cross-national differences in gender beliefs and family behavior, the lives of elderly immigrants, and the determinants of change in sexual attitudes. Martin Richards is Director of the Centre for Family Research and Professor Family Research at the University of Cambridge. His publications include Sexual Arrangements: Marriage and Affairs (with Janet Reibstein, 1963), What is a Parent: A Socio-Legal Analysis (2001) and Body Lore and Laws (2002), both edited with Andrew Bainham and Shelley Day-Sclater.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors.
Preface: (Jacqueline Scott, Judith Treas, and Martin Richards).
Part I: Families in a Global World:.
1. Globalization and Western Bias in Family Sociology: Don Edgar.
2. Changing European Families: Trends and Issues: Kath Kiernan (University
of York).
3. Recent Demographic Trends in the US and Implications for Well-Being:
Sinikka Elliott and Debra Umberson (University of Texas).
4. Children, Families, States, and Changing Citizenship: Hilary Land
(University of Bristol).
5. Families and Local Communities: Graham Crow (University of Southampton)
and Catherine Maclean.
Part II: Life Course Perspectives on the Family:.
6. Generations, the Life Course, and Family Change: J. Beth Mabry, Roseann
Giarrusso, and Vern L. Bengtson (all University of Southern California).
7. Children's Families: Jacqueline Scott (University of Cambridge).
8. Aging and the Life Course: Chris Phillipson and Graham Allan (both Keele
University).
9. Parenting Practices: Duane F. Alwin (Pennsylvania State University).
10. Time, Through the Life Course, in the Family: Jonathan Gershuny
(University of Essex).
Part III: Inequality and Diversity:.
11. Inequality and the Family: Philip N. Cohen (University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Danielle MacCartney (Webster University).
12. Families of the Poor: Robert Walker and Claire Collins (both Nottingham
University).
13. Social Capital and the Family: Frank F. Furstenberg and Sarah B. Kaplan
(both University of Pennsylvania).
14. Family, the State, and Health Care: Changing Roles in the New Century:
Ronald J. Angel and Jacqueline L. Angel (both University of Texas at
Austin).
15. Immigrant Families in the US: Karen Pyke (University of California,
Riverside).
16. Immigrant Families in the UK: Alison Shaw (University of Oxford).
Part IV: Changing Family Forms and Relationships:.
17. Religion, Romantic Love, and the Family: Bryan S. Turner (National
University of Singapore).
18. Trends in Formation and Dissolution of Couples: Joanne J. Paetsch,
Nicholas M. Bala, Lorne D. Bertrand, and Lisa Glennon (all University of
Calgary).
19. Children, Families, and Divorce: Jan Pryor (Victoria University of
Wellington) and Liz Trinder (Newcastle University).
20. The Lesbian and Gay Family: Jeffrey Weeks, Brian Heaphy, and Catherine
Donovan (all Southbank University).
21. Couples and Their Networks: Eric Widmer (University of Geneva).
22. Men in Families and Households: David H.J. Morgan (University of
Manchester).
Part V: Changing Social Contexts:.
23. Sex and Family: Changes and Challenges: Judith Treas (University of
California, Irvine).
24. Feminism and the Family: Michelle Budig (University of Massachusetts).
25. Work and Families: Shirley Dex (University of London).
26. Public Policy and Families: Wendy Sigle-Rushton and Catherine Kenney
(both Princeton University).
27. Assisted Reproduction, Genetic Technologies, and Family Life: Martin
Richards (University of Cambridge).
28. Families in a Runaway World: Ulrich Beck (University of Munich) and
Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim (University of Erlangen).
Bibliography.
Index

Rezensionen

"I would recommend this book strongly. The social sciences ingeneral, and the study of family in particular, permeate much ofacademic life nowadays... Most academic libraries are thereforelikely to find eager users for this book."
Reference Reviews

"This is a classic handbook providing a considerable number oforiginal essays written by experts in the field on a wide varietyof issues. The strengths of the volume lie in its multi-dimensionalapproach to the knowledge of the dynamics which modify family lifein a globalizing world."
INTAMS Review

"This authoritative volume shows why studying socialchange in families is fundamental for understanding thetransformations in individual and social life, across theglobe." Family Therapy