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The Wiley Blackwell companion to the sociology of families /
Unprecedented social changes are taking place that pose new challenges for families. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families brings together a collection of original essays that investigate partnering, parenting, and families against the backdrop of rapid social change brought abo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester, West Sussex :
John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 ClassAmerican 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 FamiliesConclusion; 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.
- Transnational Families: Conceptual and Theoretical IssuesTransnational Families: Research and Methodology across Borders; Transnational Families: Doing Family across Time and Distance; Transnational Families: Policy Implications; Conclusion and Future Directions; References; 9 Ethnic Diversity in the United Kingdom: Family Forms and Conjugality; Introduction; Toward Modern Individualism for All?; Caribbean Kinship: Transnational Links and Support; Diversity of the British South Asian Population; Pakistani Muslim Marriages: Transnationality, Instability, and Consanguinity; Conclusion.