ISBN:
9780415176446
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (763 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
International Library of Sociology
Parallel Title:
Print version The Family and Democractic Society
DDC:
392.3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
First published in 1998
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; THE FAMILY AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY; Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE AND PERSONAL NOTE; Table of Contents; I. FAMILY REALITIES AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT WAYS; A. Family Phenomena in Two Contrasting Societies; B. Basic Concepts and Distinctions; II. A WORLD SURVEY OF FAMILY PATTERNS; III. THE FAMILY IN THE GREAT CIVILIZATIONS; A. The History of the Euro-American Family; B. Modern European Family Patterns; C. Asiatic Family Patterns; IV. THE FAMILY IN AMERICA; A. The Major Background; B. Present Characteristics and Differences; C. Minority and Deviant Groups
Description / Table of Contents:
V. MODERN SOCIAL CHANGES AFFECTING THE FAMILYA. The General Principles of Social Change; B. The Influence of Mechanical Invention; C. The Influence of Biological and Social Sciences; D. The Ideological Influences of Science; VI. THE TRENDS OF FAMILY CHANGE; A. Current Changes in the Family; B. Germany, Russia, and Sweden; VII. THE FAMILY AND THE EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY; A. Theories of Origin and Sequence of Family Forms; B. Democracy and the Epoch of the Person; C. The Family and the Crisis of Democracy; VIII. THE POPULATION PROBLEM; A. Introduction to Family Problems in General
Description / Table of Contents:
B. The Problem of Overpopulation: Negative EugenicsC. The Problem of Positive Eugenics; IX. PERSONALITY AND ITS DEVELOPMENT; A. The Physiology of Personality; B. The Analysis of Personality; C. Frustration and Personality Change; X. PERSONALITY AND THE PARENT-CHILD RELATION; A. The Influence of Family Relations upon Personality; B. Social Change and Parent-Child Relations; C. Child Guidance in a Democracy; XI. LOVE AS EXPERIENCE AND RELATIONSHIP; A. Love Feelings and Their Objects; B. Universal Features of Love Interaction; C. The Course of Love; XII. PERSONALITY AND MARITAL HAPPINESS
Description / Table of Contents:
A. Marital Happiness: Its Measurement and PredictionB. Homogamy and Personality Differentials; XIII. MARRIAGE INTERACTION; A. Marital Frustrations; B. The Prevention and Adjustment of Conflict; XIV. THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND CONTROL OF MARRIAGE; A. Marriage as a Legal Status; B. The Demography of Marriage; XV. DIVORCE; A. The History and Demography of Divorce; B. Divorce Trends and Their Evaluation; XVI. COURTSHIP AND UNMARRIED LOVE; A. Mate Selection; B. The Changing Mores of Sex and Love; XVII. THE PROBLEM OF THE HOME IN COLLABORATION WITH MARION BASSETT; A. Housing and Home Location
Description / Table of Contents:
B. The Problem of HomemakingXVIII. MEN AND WOMEN IN A DEMOCRACY IN COLLABORATION WITH MARION BASSETT; A. The Future of Homemaking; B. ""Of Men and Women""; XIX. THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY; A. Health and Social Work; B. Education; XX. UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN COLLABORATION WITH MARION BASSETT; APPENDIX; A. SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS AND TOOL-BOOKS; B. JOURNALS AND ORGANIZATIONS; C. PROJECTS FOR RESEARCH AND DISCUSSION; D. BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
