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 includi... Lees meer.

This handbook compiles the most up-to-date research on transnational families.It employs a dialogue between classical approaches and cutting-edge directions in transnational family research to identify continuities and changes in terms of socioeconomic disparities and a... Lees meer.

With This Ring is the 19th volume of the series Contemporary Studies in Sociology from their Sociology collection edited by R.Robin Miller. With This Ring is the 19th volume of the series Contemporary Studies in Sociology from their Sociology collection edited b... Lees meer.

The Home in the Digital Age is a set of multidisciplinary studies exploring the impact of digital technologies in the home with a shift of emphasis from technology to the people living and using this in their homes. The book covers a wide variety of topics on the desig... Lees meer.

School-age children s everyday lives are changing as they are immersed in digital leisure and organised activities. However our current understandings of these transitions are race-blind. Presenting the first study of middle-class British Indian families this book rev... Lees meer.

This book offers an innovative perspective on Muslim family life in British society. It explores key issues including diverse forms of family gender generation race ethnicity and class informing solutions for inequalities. It demonstrates how a better understanding... Lees meer.

This book is the first scientific publication on transition to adulthood in East Asia with most chapters utilizing a longitudinal panel dataset of Taiwanese youth from 2000 to 2018 i.e. from age 14 to 32 . Young people in East Asia are increasingly experiencing a p... Lees meer.

Originally published in 1979 this was the first text to be concerned explicitly with the analysis of forms of kin and non-kin sociability. Its aim was to compare and contrast the different ways in which sociability was patterned in modern life at the time.... Lees meer.

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Multigenerational living where more than one generation of related adults cohabit in the same dwelling is recognized as a common arrangement amongst many Asian Middle Eastern and Southern European cultures but this arrangement is becoming increasingly familiar in... Lees meer.

A complete and balanced introduction to the sociological study of the family.... Lees meer.

There is an increasing appreciation of the interconnections among all forms of violence. These interconnections have critical implications for conducting research that can produce valid conclusions about the causes and consequences of abuse maltreatment and trauma. Th... Lees meer.

This timely study explores the experiences of fathers who take on equal or primary care responsibilities for young children. Offering academic insight and practical recommendations this will be key reading for researchers policymakers practitioners and students inter... Lees meer.

The book takes us through the lives of children highlighting key issues for babies for toddlers and for older children as they grow and learn. Whether it is understanding children s emotions working with families or understanding the challenges of climate change t... Lees meer.

What can sociology tell us about our personal lives families and intimate relationships. This book explains how key theoretical perspectives and relevant contemporary research in the discipline can shed new light on even the most familiar areas of our everyday worlds.... Lees meer.