Families in a Global Context

ISBN-13: 9780789027085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 624 str.

Charles B. Hennon

Opis

How are families the same or different around the world? Families in a Global Context puts the similarities and differences into perspective, presenting an in-depth comparative analysis of family life in 17 countries around the world. Contributors discuss different country's family life by using a standard framework to review major influences and patterns. The framework allows readers to do comparative reflection across several countries on a variety of daily living elements, including social and economic forces such as urbanization and modernization, changes in gender/courtship/spousal patterns, and war. This book provides an informative illustration of current as well as future trends of family life worldwide.

Spis treści

Contributors. Hennon, Wilson, Families in Global Context: Understanding Diversity through Comparative Analysis. Europe: Family Life in Wales, Sweden, Germany, Romania, and Italy. Betts, Day, The Family in Wales: Change and Transformation. Trost, Diversity of Families in Sweden. Hildenbrand, Diversity in Families: Germany. Popescu, Roth, Stress and Coping Among Romanian Families in the Post-Communist Period. Palomba, Family, Italian-style. Africa: Family Life in Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Kenya. Spencer-Walters, Family Patterns in Sierra Leone. Ziehl, Families and Households in South Africa. Ngige, Ondigi, Wilson, Family Diversity in Kenya. Middle East: Family Life in Turkey and Iran. Cindoglu, Cemrek, Toktas, Zencirci, The Family in Turkey: The Battleground of the Modern and the Traditional. Aghajanian, Family and Family Change in Iran. Asia and Oceania: Family Life in India, China, The Philippines, and Australia. Deosthale, Hennon, Family and Tradition in Modern India. Wang,Chinese Family—Developments and Changes. Medina, The Family in the Philippines. de Vaus, Australian Families: Social and Demographic Patterns. Latin America: Family Life in Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba. Afonso, Brazilian Families in the Confrontation Between Hierarchy and Equality. Esteinou, Mexican Families: Sociocultural and Demographic Patterns. Estrada, Diaz Canals, Family, Marriage, and Households in Cuba. Emerging Trends. Wilson, Hennon, Emerging Trends for Family Scholarship Across Societies. References. Index.

O autorze

Charles B. Hennon