Future Families
Diverse Forms, Rich Possibilities
Format:Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:25th Oct '13
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£92.95(9780470674451)
Future Families explores the variety of family forms which characterize our contemporary culture, while addressing the implications of these increasingly diverse family units on child development.
- Reveals the diversity of new family forms based on the most current research on fathers, same-gender parents, new reproductive technologies, and immigrant families
- Illustrates that children and adults can thrive in a variety of non-traditional family forms
- Shows the interrelatedness of new trends in family organization through the common themes of embedded families and caregiving in community and cultural contexts
- Features an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from works in areas that include child development, family studies, sociology, cross-cultural scholarship, ethnic studies, biology, neuroscience, anthropology and even architecture
- Sets an agenda for future research in the area of families by identifying important gaps in our knowledge about families and parenting <
Link to review in Issuu.com - Winter 2014
“The book is best thought of as a stimulus to new conversations about our conception of families and an exploration of the implications of changing family forms for children’s development.” (Society for Research in Child Development, 1 January 2014)
ISBN: 9780470674499
Dimensions: 246mm x 173mm x 16mm
Weight: 476g
320 pages