The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families
Martin Richards editor Jacqueline Scott editor Judith Treas editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:18th Aug '17
Should be back in stock very soon
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.
- 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: three-quarters of the material is completely new, and the remainder has been comprehensively updated <
ISBN: 9781119406037
Dimensions: 244mm x 170mm x 28mm
Weight: 885g
608 pages