This collection of essays represents some of the most important recent research into changing patterns of family, household and community life. It brings together some of the leading sociologists in the field to explore how these informal social relationships change over time and the life course. It will be essential reading on courses concerned with the family and youth sociology.
This collection of essays represents some of the most important recent research into changing patterns of family, household and community life. It bri...
Who does what in the family, and how far do the divisions and inequalities which occur in a family context reflect those in society as a whole? This introductory text to the sociology of the family combines recent feminist interpretations of domestic life with the traditional concerns of family sociology to offer a fre4ash treatment of a topic of importance not only for students of sociology but also for those engaged in professional training for such careers as social work or health visiting.
Particularly concerned with the impact that domestic roles have both inside and outside...
Who does what in the family, and how far do the divisions and inequalities which occur in a family context reflect those in society as a whole? This i...
There is a lack of gerontological literature on the experience and complexity of living in older families lived experience, family relationships, 'doing' family life, meanings of family life, connectedness, etc. This book contributes to redressing that imbalance. The book explores diversity and change in the family relationships which older people maintain, looking at how family relationships are constructed and organized in later life. It recognizes that the emerging patterns are a consequence of the choices and decisions negotiated within family networks, emphasizing older people's agency...
There is a lack of gerontological literature on the experience and complexity of living in older families lived experience, family relationships, 'doi...
This book studies the growing number of lesbian women embarking on parenthood after coming out. Theoretical debates about lesbian motherhood often consider its assimilative or transgressive dimensions. This book offers a different approach, contextualising lesbian motherhood in relation to sexual citizenship and hegemonic discourses of kinship
This book studies the growing number of lesbian women embarking on parenthood after coming out. Theoretical debates about lesbian motherhood often con...
An incisive engagement with the subject of intimacy and interpersonal relationships and the methods used to research families and personal life, this book introduces readers to contemporary conceptual and methodological frameworks for understanding intimacy and sexuality in families.
An incisive engagement with the subject of intimacy and interpersonal relationships and the methods used to research families and personal life, this ...
Banach spaces and algebras are a key topic of pure mathematics. Graham Allan's careful and detailed introductory account will prove essential reading for anyone wishing to specialise in functional analysis and is aimed at final year undergraduates or masters level students. Based on the author's lectures to fourth year students at Cambridge University, the book assumes knowledge typical of first degrees in mathematics, including metric spaces, analytic topology, and complex analysis. However, readers are not expected to be familiar with the Lebesgue theory of measure and integration. The text...
Banach spaces and algebras are a key topic of pure mathematics. Graham Allan's careful and detailed introductory account will prove essential reading ...
Drawing on recent developments within the sociology of family life, this book examines family connection and solidarity within different stepfamily networks, focusing on relationships from a kinship perspective and using case studies of people's experiences to explore how family connection is constructed within different stepfamilies.
Drawing on recent developments within the sociology of family life, this book examines family connection and solidarity within different stepfamily ne...
Concerns about declining fertility rates are matched only by fears that childhood is being destroyed by modern parenting practices. This multidisciplinary volume offers a more balanced, less alarmist perspective on the meanings and implications of these issues. Contrary to predictions about the end of children and the end of childhood, these investigations of developments in Canada and the United States, and to a lesser extent elsewhere in the world, show that fertility rates and ideas about children and childhood are not uniform but rather vary around the globe based on factors such as...
Concerns about declining fertility rates are matched only by fears that childhood is being destroyed by modern parenting practices. This multidisci...
Examining the role of home and family in the latter part of the 20th century, this book covers such subjects as the single parent, institutions and homes, the role of the mother in the family, and domestic architecture and domestic life.
Examining the role of home and family in the latter part of the 20th century, this book covers such subjects as the single parent, institutions and ho...
