Family, Self, and Society

Toward A New Agenda for Family Research
Herausgeber: Cowan, Philip A.; Hansen, Donald A.; Field, Dorothy

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Produktbeschreibung

Any agenda for family research in the 1990s must take seriously a contextual approach to the study of family relationships. The editors and contributors to this volume believe that the richness in family studies over the next decade will come from considering the diversity of family forms -- different ethnic groups and cultures, different stages of family life, as well as different historical cohorts. Their goal is to make more explicit how we think about families in order to study them and understand them. To illustrate the need for diversity in family studies, examples are presented from new and old families, majority and minority families, American and Japanese families, and intact and divorcing families. This variety is intended to push the limits of current thinking, not only for researchers but also for all who are struggling to live with and work with families in a time when family life is valued but fragmented and relatively unsupported by society's institutions. Students and researchers interested in family development from the viewpoint of any of the social sciences will find this book of value.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 518
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 742g
• ISBN-13: 9781138969612
• ISBN-10: 1138969613
• Artikelnr.: 45162930

Autorenporträt

Philip A. Cowan, Dorothy Field, Donald A. Hansen, Arlene Skolnick, Guy E. Swanson

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Part I:Rethinking Our Conceptual Models.E. Aerts
Bringing the Institution Back In. A. Skolnick
Changes of Heart: Family Dynamics in Historical Perspective. D.A. Hansen
The Child in Family and School: Agency and the Workings of Time. L.M. Burton
C.B. Stack
Conscripting Kin: Reflections on Family
Generation
and Culture. G.A. De Vos
A Cross-Cultural Perspective: The Japanese Family as a Unit in Moral Socialization. P.S. Fass
Perspectives on Family Theory: Families in History and Beyond. A. Lawson
Perspectives on Family Theory: New Myths From Old. Part II:Rethinking Research on Nuclear Families.P.A. Cowan
C.P. Cowan
P.K. Kerig
Mothers
Fathers
Sons
and Daughters: Gender Differences in Family Formation and Parenting Style. J.R. Johnston
Family Transitions and Children's Functioning: The Case of Parental Conflict and Divorce. G.E. Swanson
The Structuring of Family Decision-Making: Personal and Societal Sources and Some Consequences for Children. M.J. Moorehouse
Work and Family Dynamics. S. Crockenberg
Perspectives on Research in the Early Years of Family Life: Costs and Benefits of Nontraditional Variations. Part III:Rethinking Research on Family Networks in Middle and Old Age.R. McCaslin
An Intergenerational Family Congruence Model. C.L. Johnson
The Prolongation of Life and the Extension of Family Relationships: The Families of the Oldest Old. D. Field
M. Minkler
The Importance of Family in Advanced Old Age: The Family is "Forever." L. Carstensen
Perspective on Research With Older Families: Contributions of Older Adults to Families and to Family Theory. Part IV:Case Studies: Their Role in Theory and Research.C.F. Settlage
D.H. Silver
J. Afterman
K. Hart
K. Nelson
Developmental Process: Mother-Child and Father-Child Interaction During the Second Year of Life. I.S. Bradburn
J.A. Kaplan
Continuity and Change in the Transition to Parenthood: A Tale of Two Families. J.A. Clausen
The Life and Family of Karl Schulz. N.J. Chodorow
Perspectives on the Use of Case Studies: All it Takes is One. Part V: Toward a New Agenda for Family Research.P.A. Cowan
D.A. Hansen
G.E. Swanson
D. Field
A. Skolnick
Issues in Defining a Research Agenda for the 1990s.