The wiley-blackwell companion to the sociology of families

Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume investigates modern-day family relationships, partnering, and parenting set against a backdrop of rapid social, economic, cultural, and technological change. * Covers a broad range of topics, including social inequality, parentin...

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Main Authors Treas, Judith, Scott, Jacqueline, Richards, Martin
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Newark WILEY 2014
Wiley
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Wiley-Blackwell
Edition1
SeriesWiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology
Subjects
Families
Marriage & Family
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology
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Summary:Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume investigates modern-day family relationships, partnering, and parenting set against a backdrop of rapid social, economic, cultural, and technological change. * Covers a broad range of topics, including social inequality, parenting practices, children's work, changing patterns of citizenship, multi-cultural families, and changes in welfare state protection for families * Includes many European, North American and Asian examples written by a team of experts from across five continents * Features coverage of previously neglected groups, including immigrant and transnational families as well as families of gays and lesbians * Demonstrates how studying social change in families is fundamental for understanding the transformations in individual and social life across the globe * Extensively reworked from the original Companion published over a decade ago: three-quarters of the material is completely new, and the remainder has been comprehensively updated
ISBN:1118374096
9781118374092
9780470673539
0470673532
9781118374115
1118374118
9781119406037
111940603X
DOI:10.1002/9781118374085