Sociology of the Family

This title was first published in 2000: This unique international volume brings together research by psychologists, social workers, physicians and sociologists on the interface between society, the family, children, adolescents and other family members...

This book addresses current theory, research and practice pertinent to the difficulties experienced by survivors of childhood emotional maltreatment._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma...

This book addresses current theory, research and practice pertinent to the difficulties experienced by survivors of childhood emotional maltreatment._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma...

The collection addresses theoretical and policy issues connecting age and generation with the family and social policy. It focuses both on cross-cultural comparison within societies and analysis based on a range of societies...

The collection addresses theoretical and policy issues connecting age and generation with the family and social policy. It focuses both on cross-cultural comparison within societies and analysis based on a range of societies...

This title was first published in 2000:  An important collection of international critical analyses exploring the interconnections between family behaviour and its political regulation, the new economics of the family and the role of the family in building citizenship...

The Children Act 1989 introduced the most radical changes to child care law for a generation. Eekelaar and Dingwall provide a concise, practical guide to the legislation for all professionals practising in this area...

Without denying the difficulties that confront migrants and their distant kin, this volume highlights the agency of family members in transnational processes of care, in an effort to acknowledge the transnational family as an increasingly common family form and to question the predominantly negative..

This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of small firms by bringing together a number of key themes in management/organization studies...

Voices of African-American Teen Fathers is an insightful look at adolescent pregnancy and parenthood through the eyes of fathers aged 14 to 19. This unique book features candid interviews with thirty teens who talk about “doing what I got to do”—handling their responsibilities as b..

Based on qualitative research with young people aged from 18 to 30 in five European countries, this book examines young peoples pathways to adulthood, and their perspectives on their future work and family lives...

Drawing from discussions that pulled together child researchers working near the borders of Mexico, the United States and Canada, the essays in this collection explore how material and metaphoric borders give way to young people's experimentations with cultural, social and political change._x000D_ T..