David Cheal

Families in Today's World (eBook, ePUB)

A Comparative Approach

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An international textbook providing comprehensive coverage of over a dozen major topics in the sociology of family life; from interaction and meaning in families to sexuality. David Cheal provides coverage of these topics by drawing on material from countries around the world. The studies focus mainly on contemporary family life, but also present information on historical changes which have shaped family life as we know it today.

This book is an incredibly valuable teaching tool, presenting diversity in family patterns through thinking about family life globally.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134241460
• Artikelnr.: 38261116

Autorenporträt

David Cheal is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Winnipeg. His main areas of interest are Sociology Theory and the Sociology of the Family. He is the author of Sociology of Family Life (2002) and editor of Family: Critical Concepts (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Defining Family and Family Structures 2. Interaction and Meaning in
Families 3. Social Divisions 4. Social Change 5. Demographic Change 6.
Family, Work and Money 7. Caring 8. Violence and Sexual Abuse 9. Family
Formation 10. Parenting 11. Family Transformations 12. Kinship 13. Family
and State 14. Sexuality