The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families

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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families is an insightful exploration into the complex social structures and dynamics that shape family life. It delves into various aspects of family sociology, including evolving roles, cultural influences, and the impact of societal changes. This book offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary issues and trends affecting families in diverse contexts.
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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.

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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families is written by an international team of experts and investigates modern-day family relationships, partnering, and parenting set against a backdrop of rapid social, economic, cultural, and technological change.

This comprehensive volume 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, with three-quarters of the material being completely new, and the remainder comprehensively updated.

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ISBN: 9781119406037

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 August 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

Edited by Martin Richards
Edited by Jacqueline Scott
Edited by Judith Treas
Edited by Jacqueline Scott
Edited by Judith Treas
Edited by Martin Richards
Edited by Jacqueline Scott
Edited by Judith Treas
Edited by Martin Richards

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 885g

Pages: 608

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About the Author

JUDITH TREAS is Chancellor's Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Demographic and Social Analysis at the University of California, Irvine. Her previous book, edited with Sonja Drobnič, is Dividing the Domestic: Men, Women and Household Work in Cross-National Perspective (2010).

JACQUELINE SCOTT is Professor of Empirical Sociology in the Faculty of Human, Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Queens' College. Her recent edited books include Gendered Lives: Gender Inequalities in Production and Reproduction (with Shirley Dex and Anke Plagnol, 2012); Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century: New Barriers and Continuing Constraints (with Rosemary Crompton and Clare Lyonette, 2010); and Women and Employment: Changing Lives and New Challenges (with Shirley Dex and Heather Joshi, 2009).

MARTIN RICHARDS is Emeritus Professor of Family Research, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge. His recent books include Reproductive Donation: Practice, Policy and Bioethics (edited with Guido Pennings and John B. Appleby, 2012), and We Are Family? Relatedness in Assisted Reproduction: Families, Origins and Identities (edited with Tabitha Freeman, Fatemeh Ebtehaj, and Susanna Graham, 2014).

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families