Handbook of World Families

ISBN-13: 9780761927631 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 664 str.

Bert N. Adams; Jan Trost

Opis

The Handbook of World Families clarifies and promotes a cross-cultural perspective on the family by an examination of 25 countries worldwide, with the same topics covered in parallel fashion for each. These topics include a brief demographic and historic description of the country, mate selection, child rearing practices, gender roles, family stresses and violence, divorce and remarriage, kinship, aging and death, and the family within the broader societal institutions including politics, economics, and religion.

Recenzje

"In the Handbook of World Families, Bert Adams and Jan Trost, two of the leading scholars in the field of comparative family studies, have masterfully edited a book that comparatively examines families from 25 nations located around the world. The chapter contributors have both theoretical and research knowledge as well as lived experiences of respective nation's families. The result is a well written, highly informed, and authoritative handbook that investigates an extensive range of family issues from local, national, and global perspectives. This book will be of vital interest for academics, students, family practitioners, and professionals, as well as for all those who wish to study and understand families in the contemporary world that is undergoing so much change."

Mark Hutter 20040624

Spis treści

Introduction - Bert N. Adams and Jan Trost
Part I: Africa
1. Families in Kenya - Edward K. Mburugu and Bert N. Adams
2. Nigerian Families - Innocent Victor Ogo Modo
3. Families in South Africa - Susan C. Ziehl
Part II: Asia and the South Pacific
4. Australian Families - David de Vaus
5. Chinese Families - Xuewen Sheng
6. The Contemporary Indian Family - J. P. Singh
7. South Korean Families - Kwang-Kyu Lee
8. Taiwan's Families - Yu-Hua Chen and Chin-Chun Yi
Part III: Europe
9. Families in Austria - Rudolf Richter and Sandra Kytir
10. Belgium's Families - Wilfried Dumon
11. The Czech Family - Ivo Mozny and Tomás Katrnák
12. Finland's Families - Hannele Forsberg
13. Families in Germany - Thomas Klein and Bernhard Nauck
14. Families in Hungary - Olga Tóth and Peter Somlai
15. The Family in Portugal: Past and Present - Fausto Amaro
16. Scandinavian Families - Jan Trost and Irene Levin
17. Families in Turkey - Bernhard Nauck and Daniela Klaus
Part IV: Latin America
18. The Family in Argentina: Modernity, Economic Crisis, and Politics - Elizabeth Jelin
19. Families in Cuba: From Colonialism to Revolution - Anne R. Roschelle, Maura I. Toro-Morn, and Elisa Facio
20. The Family in Puerto Rico: Colonialism, Industrialization, and Migration - Maura I. Toro-Morn
Part V: The Middle East
21. Families in Iran: The Contemporary Situation - Taghi Azadarmaki
22. Families in Israel - Ruth Katz and Yoav Lavee
23. Kuwait's Families - Fahad Al Naser
Part VI: North America
24. Families in Canada - Carol D. H. Harvey
25. U.S. Families - Barbara H. Settles
Epilogue
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors

O autorze

Bert N. Adams (Ph.D., University of North Carolina) is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is a former President and currently a Fellow of the National Council on Family Relations. He has taught sociological theory extensively, both in East Africa and at the University of Wisconsin, and also teaches and writes on the sociology of the family. He is the author of several books, including the introductory textbook THE FAMILY: A SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION, 5^TH EDITION (Harcourt Brace 1995) and SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY (Pine Forge Press 2001). With David M. Klein, he served as co-editor of the Understanding Families Series with Sage, which produced 20 books between 1995 and 2002. He is well connected with family sociologists throughout the world. 

Jan Trost is Professor of Sociology at the University of Uppsala in Uppsala, Sweden. He is a former President of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and Honorary Chair of the Committee on Family Research of the ISA. He is the author of several books and numerous journal articles and travels frequently to maintain professional contacts and collaborations throughout the world.