ISBN:
9781118374092
,
9781118374115
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Resource (xxiii, 574 Seiten)
Serie:
Wiley Blackwell companions to sociology
Serie:
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology Ser.
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als The Wiley Blackwell companion to the sociology of families
DDC:
306.85
Schlagwort(e):
Families
;
Families -- Research
;
Families -- Research
;
Parenthood
;
Sociology
;
Electronic books
;
Families
;
Families ; Research
;
Electronic books
;
Familiensoziologie
;
Familie
Kurzfassung:
"The editors have assembled an impressive set of leading and emerging family scholars to provide cutting edge and original contributions on global family patterns, family diversity and family processes, greatly enhancing our understanding of the sociology of families in the twenty first century." Kathleen Kiernan, University of York.
Kurzfassung:
Intro -- The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes of Contributors -- Preface -- Part I Global Perspectives on Families -- 1 Family Systems of the World: Are They Converging? -- Times of Change and Family Patterns -- The World's Seven Major Family Systems and Their Twentieth-Century Mutations -- Current Tendencies: Are the Family Systems Converging? -- Conclusion: Persistent Diversity, Persistent Importance -- References -- 2 Changing European Families -- Introduction -- Becoming a Family -- Transition to Parenthood -- Family Dissolution -- Discussion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 3 American Families: Demographic Trends and Social Class -- American Families: Demographic Trends and Social Class -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Family Change in East Asia -- Modernization and Mystiques about East Asian Families -- Women's Status and Gender Equality in East Asia -- Marriage Formation and Dissolution -- Migrant Families -- Fertility Decline -- Living Arrangements and Aging Society -- Challenges and Opportunities -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 5 Changes and Inequalities in Latin American Families -- Introduction -- Modernity and Modernization in Latin America -- The Main Changes in Latin American Families -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Part II Diversity, Inequality, and Immigration -- 6 Same-Sex Families -- Queer Youth -- Gay Parents -- Gay Elders -- Discussion -- References -- 7 Family Poverty -- Defining Poverty -- The State of World Poverty and Consequences for "the Poor" -- Which Families are Poor and Why? -- Living in Family Poverty -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 Transnational Families -- Transnational Families: Introduction and the Mobility Turn -- Case studies: Transnational Families and the Global Circulation of Care.
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