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Book SynopsisThe human stories behind the headlines exposing the truth about the guardianship system. The state-run guardianship system, called conservatorship in some states, is largely unregulated, ill-understood, and increasingly populated by financially motivated predators. Just how the secretive world of guardianship works and its real-life effects remained a mystery to most until the very public case of pop star Britney Spears. It suddenly became clear that those conscripted into the system lose all their civil rights in the process. Currently, there are an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Americans under court control, but precise figures are not known as no government entity keeps track of citizens who have lost the right to determine their own fate. Established in the late 1800s, the guardianship system was designed to assist the most vulnerable citizens: the elderly and the physically or intellectually disabled. While guardianship has been beneficial to many “wards of the court,” this little-understood process can be a judicial rollercoaster from which there is seldom an escape, and which often leads to financial devastation for the ward and their families. Each year, fifty billion dollars belonging to wards are placed under the control of court appointees, an obvious temptation to bad actors who are in a position to control these funds. As investigative journalist Diane Dimond discovers, the number of exploitive and abusive guardianship cases nationwide demands our urgent attention. This book also provides concrete steps that families can take to protect themselves, as guardianship can happen to any one of us at any time. Trade Review“Dimond’s ambitious book We’re Here to Help uncovers the devastation caused by mercenary guardians and conservators who exploit their court-appointed powers over vulnerable people. . . . With elements of true crime and self-help, We’re Here to Help advocates for systemic reform as it diagrams the labyrinth of guardian and conservator legal proceedings via wrenching cautionary tales.” * Foreword Reviews *“This book provides clear evidence of the problems within the US guardianship and conservatorship system and how easily it can affect anyone at any time. Readers interested in law, civil rights, and stories about everyday people will be drawn in quickly, but it’s a book for everyone.” * Library Journal *“We’re Here to Help is very well written. The book is both easy to read and well documented. The author provides readers with a snapshot of the national landscape by telling stories of celebrities and ordinary citizens alike who have been victimized in state guardianship proceedings.” * Thomas F. Coleman, the Spectrum Institute’s Quarterly E-Newsletter *“We’re Here to Help: When Guardianship Goes Wrong is a rare and illuminating book about how guardianships and conservatorships are routinely mishandled in our courts. Dimond’s well researched case studies of how judges, lawyers, and guardians collude to profit from the fortunes of the elderly and the disabled are an eye-opener. We’re Here to Help is a testament to the immediate need for reform of our guardianship/conservatorship laws.” -- Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (Ret.), author of Her Honor: My Life on the Bench. . . What Works, What’s Broken, How to Change It“Dimond has written a searing, insightful examination of guardianship that all too often fails those it is supposed to help. As Dimond reveals by close investigation of guardianships gone bad, it is too susceptible to exploitation and theft, and worse, abuse of the so-called ‘incapacitated’ person. Dimond identifies the need for adequate funding of oversight and supervision of guardians. The need is great. The time to act is now.” -- Lawrence A. Frolik, professor of law emeritus and distinguished professor of law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law“A tenacious reporter and skillful writer, Dimond uses compelling stories of real people to pull back the curtain on a guardianship system shrouded in secrecy where power, greed, and influence all too often intersect with devastating consequences for the people the system is intended to protect —and their loved ones. A powerful book.” -- Kent Walz, lawyer, journalist, and former editor-in-chief of The Albuquerque Journal“These stories will break your heart. Private stories and public, the pattern emerges: warring siblings or estranged spouses, a willingness to destroy a person’s waning years to pirate their sometimes substantial estates, all with regrettably minimal judicial oversight. Dimond reports fairly, giving competing versions of events equal space. If you read one book this year, We’re Here to Help: When Guardianship Goes Wrong should be it.” -- Jack Furlong, attorney at Furlong and Krasny, New Jersey“Dimond’s explanation of what has gone wrong—and continues to go wrong—in our nation’s court system is timely and important information for all of us. To those who truly want to protect incapacitated adults, I urge you to please read this book.” -- Lisa MacCarley, conservatorship attorney, CaliforniaTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Floodgates Open Chapter 2: The Case Heard ‘Round the World Chapter 3: The Players Chapter 4: Britney is Not Alone Chapter 5: So, How Might It Work? Chapter 6: Guardians From Hell – and Lawyers and Judges Too Chapter 7: How Do the Dishonest Get Away With It? Chapter 8: What Will it Take Before Washington Acts? Chapter 9: Weaponizing Guardianship to End a Marriage Chapter 10: The Disabled Still Have Civil Rights Chapter 11: Turning a Blind Eye - Where’s the Legal Community? Chapter 12: The Cowgirl vs. Conservator Chapter 13: The Richer the Better Chapter 14: Desperate is as Desperate Does Chapter 15: Service to the Nation Doesn’t Matter Chapter 16: Guarding Against Guardianship Chapter 17: Possible Solutions to Fix the System Chapter 18: Final Mentions

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Book SynopsisHow interracial couples in Brazil and the US navigate racial boundaries How do people understand and navigate being married to a person of a different race? Based on individual interviews with forty-seven black-white couples in two large, multicultural citiesLos Angeles and Rio de JaneiroBoundaries of Love explores how partners in these relationships ultimately reproduce, negotiate, and challenge the us versus them mentality of ethno-racial boundaries. By centering marriage, Chinyere Osuji reveals the family as a primary site for understanding the social construction of race. She challenges the naive but widespread belief that interracial couples and their children provide an antidote to racism in the twenty-first century, instead highlighting the complexities and contradictions of these relationships. Featuring black husbands with white wives as well as black wives with white husbands, Boundaries of Love sheds light on the role of gender in navigating life married to a person of a dTrade Review"Boundaries of Love is a theoretically sophisticated contribution to the sociological literature on race and interracial intimacy. Osuji provides use with the concept of romantic careers"a brilliant way to understand how Blacks and Whites in Brazil and the United States negotiate the meaning of their previous and current emotional and sexual relationships. Osuji's transnational comparative study of interracial couples challenges us to think critically about the ways that these unions leave white supremacy intact in cosmopolitan urban centers of Los Angeles and Rio de Janiero." -- France Winddance Twine,author of Racism in a Racial Democracy: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil"Despite dramatically distinct histories and ideologies of race and intermarriage, Chinyere Osujis in-depth portrayal of the experiences of these couples and their families reveals startling consistencies and differences across the two societies. Boundaries of Love deftly compares how race operates across these two societies and interrogates how national ideologies, race, gender and other social categories together produce particular meanings of race-mixing. This nuanced and pathbreaking study is sure to challenge previous notions of interracial marriage." -- Edward Telles,author of Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race and Color in Latin America"Her study is comparative and qualitative, rich in detail gleaned from interviews with 103 interracial couples in both locations... Accessible writing and intrinsic interest make this book suitable for all levels." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisThe year 2000 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of A Little Commonwealth by Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar John Demos. This groundbreaking study examines the family in the context of the colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Basing his work on physical artifacts, wills, estate inventories, and a variety of legal and official enactments, Demos portrays the family as a structure of roles and relationships,emphasizing those of husband and wife, parent and child, and master and servant. Through the use of a life cycle perspective, he shows the familys influence upon the development of individual personality. The books most startling insights come from a reconsideration of commonly-held views of American Puritans and of theways in which they dealt with one another. Demos concludes that Puritan repression was not as strongly directed against sexuality as against the expression of hostile and aggressive impulses, and he shows how this pattern reflecteTrade Review"[A Little Commonwealth makes] our forebears come alive, not as cute, little democratic wind-up toys useful for indoctrinating children and Fourth of July speeches, but as irascible, intolerant, undemocratic, but real and fascinating human beings."--Commonweal "Demos writes with great charm, his easy, relaxed style having much muscle underneath."--National Review "One of the finest pieces of local history that I have read in years....Because Demos writes clear, terse, flowing prose, his book will be a delight to the general reader as well as the scholar....[His] portrait of family life is captivating."--Saturday Review

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Book SynopsisThe secret to happiness, longevity, and living on is through mentoring the next generation.In How to Live Forever, Encore.org founder and CEO Marc Freedman tells the story of his thirty-year quest to answer some of contemporary life's most urgent questions: With so many living so much longer, what is the meaning of the increasing years beyond 50? How can a society with more older people than younger ones thrive? How do we find happiness when we know life is long and time is short? In a poignant book that defies categorisation, Freedman finds insights by exploring purpose and generativity, digging into the drive for longevity and the perils of age segregation, and talking to social innovators across the globe bringing the generations together for mutual benefit. He finds wisdom in stories from young and old, featuring ordinary people and icons like jazz great Clark Terry and basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. But the answers also come from stories of Freedman's own mentors-a sawmill worker turned surrogate grandparent, a university administrator who served as Einstein's driver, a cabinet secretary who won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the gym teacher who was Freedman's father.How to Live Forever is a deeply personal call to find fulfillment and happiness in our longer lives by connecting with the next generation and forging a legacy of love that lives beyond us.

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Book SynopsisA gripping story about race, money and motherhood that asks: what would you sacrifice for a new life? 'A firecracker of a novel' Madeline Miller 'Intelligent, thought-provoking, slyly satirical' Sunday Times 'About everything a book should be about: race and class, power and inequality - and it's dark and funny' Joanna Cannon 'An unsettling, unputdownable read' Elle 'Ramos has crafted a real page-turner' The Times Ambitious businesswoman Mae Yu runs Golden Oaks - a luxury retreat transforming the fertility industry. There, women get the very best of everything: organic meals, fitness trainers, daily massages and big money. Provided they dedicate themselves to producing the perfect baby. For someone else. Jane is a young immigrant in search of a better future. Stuck living in a cramped dorm with her baby daughter and her shrewd aunt Ate, she sees an unmissable chance to change her life. But at what cost? Chosen as a book of the summer by the Guardian, Telegraph, Evening Standard and CosmopolitanTrade ReviewThis topical, provocative debut anatomises class, race and the American dream * Guardian *An intelligent, thought-provoking, slyly satirical novel with thrillerish elements, it is also affectingly illuminating about life for an expatriate service class * Sunday Times *If you only read a single debut this year, make it The Farm * Vogue, Must-Reads *It’s so now … Ramos has crafted a real page-turner that combines all the hottest issues of the day: inequality, race, and women’s battle to reclaim their bodies from commodification by big business, with the eternal questions of how much we can sacrifice before losing ourselves completely -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *Her book is a necessary one – we need a mass-market novel that shows the impact of colonisation … A great read -- Dina Nayeri * Guardian *Utterly brilliant. I couldn’t put it down! -- Christie Watson, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Language of KindnessCrammed with acutely observed scenes that place reproduction within an intricate web of class, gender and race * Observer *For those who can’t wait until September for Margaret Atwood’s sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, here’s a handy interim stand-in. Class, race and issues of power inequality are on the agenda almost as much as gender in this novel about a fertility clinic where surrogates have babies for the ultra-wealthy * i paper *Excellent … With echoes of The Help and The Handmaid’s Tale, The Farm is tipped to be one of the biggest books of the summer, a page-turner which strikes an entertaining balance between exploring topical issues and telling a great story with thoroughly likeable characters * Daily Express *An intelligent, thought-provoking, slyly satirical novel with thrillerish elements, it is also affectingly illuminating about life for an expatriate service class * SUNDAY TIMES *You can’t move for feminist dystopias in these Atwoodian times. Joanne Ramos’s debut is one of the best * The Times *Intelligent and finely written ... Powerful -- LUCY SCHOLES * I PAPER *A narrative resembling a cross between Rosemary’s Baby and Dave Eggers’s tech thriller The Circle … Addictive, thought-provoking entertainment * Daily Mail *An easy read that raises difficult, capital-I issues … There’s plenty to unsettle here * Mail on Sunday *A new Handmaid’s Tale * Sun *It’s a provocative idea, and Ramos nails it … Crisp and believable, this smart debut links the poor and the 1 percent in a unique transaction that turns out to be mutually rewarding * People *Chillingly plausible -- Sophie Mackintosh, author of the Booker-longlisted The Water CureCouldn’t be more relevant or timely * O Magazine *Unnervingly plausible * Economist *Everything has a price in this promising and compelling dystopian debut * Red, This Month’s Best Books *Billed as the new Handmaid’s Tale, Joanne Ramos’s debut follows a luxury yet terrifying retreat for surrogate mothers * Grazia *Ramos is good at making the dystopian feel contemporary, or perhaps that should be the other way round … Ramos’s debut smuggles a sharp attack on America’s entrenched inequality into a Handmaid’s Tale-style chiller about surrogacy * Metro *An excoriation of capitalist exploitation, for dystopian darkness and sinister consequences … Timely, resonant, morally complex * Literary Review *Brilliantly cutting -- Reni Eddo-Lodge, author of Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About RaceA knock-out debut novel -- Paula Daly, author of 'Open Your Eyes'Wow ... Truly unforgettable -- Gary ShteyngartIt’s a provocative idea, and Ramos nails it … Crisp and believable, this smart debut links the poor and the 1 percent in a unique transaction that turns out to be mutually rewarding * People *Joanne Ramos’ tender, trenchant debut chillingly explores a dystopian future where race, class, power and poverty all play their part in paid-for pregnancies * Psychologies *One of the most hotly anticipated debuts this year – and for good reason * Cosmopolitan *Smart and thought-provoking * Stylist *An unsettling, unputdownable read * Elle *The first debut of 2019 to grab the top spot for me ... Don't miss this one * Bookseller, Book of the Month *The Farm terrifies with a simple question: How much of ourselves are we willing to sell? With characters so real they leap off the page, Ramos yanks the reader into a world of Haves and Have-Nots, and her question lingers long after we turn the final page -- Christina Dalcher, author of VoxAmazing. It’s hard to explain what The Farm is about, because it's about everything a book SHOULD be about. Race and class and power and inequality, and it’s dark & funny ALL AT THE SAME TIME -- Joanna Cannon, Sunday Times bestselling author of Three Things About Elsie and The Trouble with Goats and SheepRamos has written a firecracker of a novel, at once caustic and tender, page-turning and thought-provoking. This is a fierce indictment of the vampiric nature of modern capitalism, which never loses sight of the very human stories at its center. Highly recommended -- Madeline Miller, author of CirceThe debut to order now ... Think Never Let Me Go meets The Handmaid’s Tale * Sunday Times *A highly original and provocative story about the impossible choices in so many women’s lives. These characters will stay with me for a long time -- Karen Thompson Walker, author of 'The Age of Miracles'Consider this The Handmaid’s Tale of 2019 … In the vein of The Circle, but somehow more penetrating and realistic * MARIE CLAIRE *Ramos creates a believable dystopian future where poor women try to make money and change their societal standing by offering up their bodies to house and deliver healthy babies for the rich. The novel alternates perspectives between four women and provides notes on fundamental inequalities -- The best books to look forward to in 2019 * EVENING STANDARD *Excellent, both as a reproductive dystopian narrative and as a social novel about women and class -- Starred Review * KIRKUS *A delicately paced and finely wrought tale … A biting critique of the world’s inequalities … Moving, ethically complex and gripping, The Farm is a great novel * Herald *Compelling … Will really make you think * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING *It reads like a thriller but it is hard-hitting about race, money and inequality * BEST *We loved this book * TAKE A BREAK *Joanne Ramos’s tender, trenchant debut chillingly explores a dystopian future where race, class, power and poverty all play their part in paid-for pregnancies * PSYCHOLOGIES *Unnervingly plausible * ECONOMIST *

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Book Synopsis''Tender, vivid and achingly sad'' GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE YEARTWO SISTERS publishes on the 30th anniversary of Blake Morrison's ground-breaking book And When Did You Last See Your Father? which forged the way for a new genre of confessional memoir.She's gone, that's all, and though there's no retrieving her I'd like to make sense of who she was and what she became. It wasn't just that she changed over time. She could change from day to day. Drink made it worse but the origins went deeper. You never knew which you'd get, the kind and loving Gill or her doppelgänger. Two sisters.'Blake Morrison has lost a sister and a half-sister in recent years. Both are the subjects of this remarkable and heart-breaking memoir, along with a forensic examination of sibling relationships in history and literature.Blake's sister Gill struggled with alcoholism for a large part of her life, and her shocking death is the starting point for Two Sisters. Blake returns to their childhood to search for the originTrade Review‘A book at once bold, magnanimous, heart-breaking and riveting…’ HOWARD JACOBSON ‘Beautiful. Affecting. Erudite.’ SUSIE ORBACH 'Tender, vivid and achingly sad' GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘A ground-breaking confessional memoir’ BBC Books of 2023 ‘Pungent, disturbing, entirely unforgettable’ THE TIMES ‘Morrison writes with a reckless respect for the truth’ GUARDIAN ‘Harrowing, candid and clear-eyed, unflinchingly honest and self-critical. Two sad stories. The strangeness of families and the weight of the past. The guilt of being OK’ NICCI GERRARD ‘Few writers can claim to have affected the literary landscape like Blake Morrison… Two Sisters is not an easy book to read, but it is a bracingly honest one’ MAIL ON SUNDAY, Book of the Week ‘A wonderfully heartfelt and tender thing: delicate and unstinting and clear-eyed’ OBSERVER, Book of the Week ‘Engrossing’ SPECTATOR ‘A beautiful, brave and brutal memoir that does not shy away from hard truths’ THE TIMES ‘An acute, wonderfully adroit book, overflowing with sharp yet compassionate observations about human nature’ THE INDEPENDENT ‘A writer of undoubted skill’ NEW STATESMAN ‘Painful, hesitant, honest, agonised, controlled and (especially the latter) full of love’ DAILY MAIL ‘True to a complex, many-layered grief’ TLS ‘'Morrison has a startling gift' LITERARY REVIEW ‘Blake Morrison is a writer who tenderly and relentlessly lifts every stone, and the stones beneath, searching for the roots of human feelings and human relations, and revealing them to the reader’ LOUISA YOUNG ‘Affecting… it could help those who have lost a sibling’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘Remarkable and heart-breaking’ SHEER LUXE

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Book Synopsis"...explores some very timely and critical issues in the current development of Childhood Studies...It will be especially valuable for students because it integrates concrete empirical studies with reflection on underlying theoretical assumptions." - Leena Alanen, Professor in Early Childhood Education, University of Jyvaskyla, FinlandThis important book moves the sociology of childhood forward. Berry Mayall argues, that, since childhood is a permanent component of society, in order to understand how society works, we must take account of children as well as adults, otherwise our explanation omits an important social group. Children's lives are shaped by policies and practices, but they are also agents, who make a life for themselves through their relationships with adults and other children. This book argues that feminist theory and practice is useful for understanding childhood; we should start from the children's own accounts to show how the organisation of social relations Trade Review"...explores some very timely and critical issues in the current development of Childhood Studies...It will be especially valuable for students because it integrates concrete empirical studies with reflection on underlying theoretical assumptions."-Leena Alanen, Professor in Early Childhood Education, University of Jyvaskyla, FinlandTable of ContentsIntroductionStudying childhoodStudying relational processesRelations with parentsChildhood workThe moral status of childhoodTowards a child standpointComparing childhoodsGeneration and genderAppendixBibliographyIndex.

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Book SynopsisIn this timely, insightful, and darkly funny investigation, the acclaimed author of Against Love asks: what does living in dystopic times do to our ability to love each other and the world?COVID-19 has produced new taxonomies of love, intimacy, and vulnerability. Will its cultural afterlife be as lasting as that of HIV, which reshaped consciousness about sex and love even after AIDS itself had been beaten back by medical science? Will COVID end up making us more relationally conservative, as some think HIV did within gay culture? Will it send us fleeing into emotional silos or coupled cocoons, despite the fact that, pre-COVID, domestic coupledom had been steadily losing fans? Just as COVID revealed our nation to itself, so did it hold a mirror up to our relationships. In Love in the Time of Contagion, Laura Kipnis weaves (often hilariously) her own (ambivalent) coupled lockdown experiences together with those of others and sets them against a larger

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Book SynopsisBased on an analysis of over 500 interdiction proceedings initiated between 1820 and 1895, this book examines the interactions between the families, the legal system, and doctors involved in the regulation of deviance in 19th-century Montreal. It looks at the family as the primary site for defining and regulating a range of deviant behaviours.Trade Review"A supple and nuanced approach to the history of deviancy." Nancy Christie, co-author of Mapping the Margins: The Family and Social Discipline in Canada, 1700-1975 "Nootens's cutting edge perspective and focus on interdiction law enables him to critically reassess long-held views on the history of deviance." James E. Moran, University of Prince Edward Island

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Book SynopsisPresents an analysis of the contradictory obsession with female virginity and idealization of maternal nature in Germany from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Lauren Nossett explores how the ideal of woman as both a sexless and maternal being led to the creation of a unique figure in German literature: the virginal mother.Trade ReviewThe Virginal Mother in German Culture is a very compelling, well-organized, and detailed analysis of the contradictory and developing tensions between eighteenth to twentieth century fascinations with virginity and the idealization of maternal nature in Germany. It is a unique and field-transforming study."" - Susan Gustafson, author of Goethe's Families of the HeartTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Creation of the Virginal Mother: Sophie von La Roche’s The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim 2. The Ideal Virgin and Failed Mother: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship, and Faust I 3. The Popular Virginal Mother: E. Marlitt’s The Old Maid’s Secret and The Second Wife 4. The “Real” Virginal Mother: Caregiving and Motherhood in the Autobiographies of Hedwig Dohm, Adelheid Popp, and Ottilie Baader 5. The Virginal Mother of Orphans and the Vamp Anti-Mother: Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCarter examines the imposition of Christian marriage on pre-existing aboriginal and Mormon practices in nineteenth-century Western Canada.Trade Review"A specialist in the history of western Canada, Carter (history and classics, and native studies, U. of Alberta-Edmonton) does not have to reach very far, or very far back, to demonstrate that The Traditional Family fantasized by 21st-century neo-cons is not very old, and has never come close to ubiquitous. The notion of an eternal, monogamous marriage had more to do with nation building than with personal relationships, she finds, and was contested in just about every available arena when the elite tried to impose it during the late 19th century. Distributed in the US by Michigan State University Press." Book News, Inc., November 2008 "Varied forms of marriage predominated in the interracial fur-trade society before Canada acquired the North-West Territories and began its colonial occupation of the land after 1870. A richly complex society existed in the Canadian West before 1870. When the Dominion of Canada gained the Northwest, it felt the need to impose its own vision on what seemed a frighteningly expansive and strange environment. The many single men, and some single women, moving west posed a further threat to the unified Anglo-Canadian vision of family farms spreading to the western horizon. The example of the United States, with its looser divorce laws and rambunctious approach to western expansion, posed another threat. ... The Importance of Being Monogamous provides a fascinating account of how, especially between 1870 and 1915, when patriotic British imperial fervour saw the dominant entrenchment of the new order, the complex social order based on aboriginal and Metis models was finally eclipsed. Carter uses government records, advice books, fiction, missionary statements, and a broad range of sources to indicate how this transformation was articulated by those imposing it during a crucial period of our history. Land surveys, homestead regulations, and other official instruments were used to impose the monogamous model, frequently at the expense of women, many of whom were left destitute to raise their children by deserting husbands who could not be divorced. The role of the Indian Affairs Department also receives a close examination in this book, painting a discouraging picture of how it became the means of attempting to invade aboriginal cultures. ... Sarah Carter's book forms an important chapter in the story of Western Canada's transformation." Ken Tingley, Edmonton Journal, Dec. 7, 2008 "This sophisticated and engaging book has much to offer a number of scholarly areas, including Canadian history, gender studies, and political and legal studies. Working from a massive bedrock of diverse primary materials, Sarah Carter challenges assumptions about the institution of marriage, revealing its complexities and importance in the colonial past. In command of a multidisciplinary secondary literature, including legal studies and anthropology, her immediate focus is on western Canada, defined as the three prairie provinces, with particular focus on the region of southern Alberta...[The book] draws upon an excellent command of legal history, the depth and breadth of knowledge it displays on the topic is truly impressive, and it is written with a measured, yet passionate voice. It makes excellent use of photographs, and the text's handsome layout makes for ease of reading. It is an important study that opens up multiple areas for further research; in particular, exploration of the limits of the law to control the intimate histories of people going about their everyday lives." Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury, BC Studies, Winter 2008/09 "The Importance of Being Monogamous is one of those books that make you wonder why its subject has not been the focus of a major study until now... Using Missionary publications, newspapers, travelers' accounts, government circulars and correspondence, and legal decisions, Sarah Carter explores how Christian, monogamous, heterosexual marriage was imposed on Aboriginals and Mormons in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Western Canada as part of the federal government's nation-building agenda. ... Indeed, before the late nineteenth-century monogamous marriage was not a foregone conclusion; it was a deliberate choice on the part of white, Christian, middle-class politicians, government officials, and reformers to make it the foundation for a new nation. ... Carter explores in more detail Plains Aboriginals' marriage customs as well the imposition of the monogamous model and its implications for women. Pointing to a persistent bias among scholars and legal experts, she argues convincingly that the term "marriage" should also apply to the diverse forms of unions found in Aboriginal societies in Western Canada. ... The Importance of Being Monogamous is a fine contribution to the study of British imperialism and colonialism and its reproduction in the Canadian context." - Melanie Brunet, College universitaire de Saint-Boniface, H-Canada, Dec. 2008 "This is too important a book to be confined to the libraries of scholars, even though they may be the principal targets of a university publisher. Sarah Carter, professor of history and native studies at the University of Alberta, sets out to show the function of monogamy, which some termed the 'fortress of marriage,' in incorporating Western Canada into the Dominion of Canada. In the process she depicts two major consequences, seemingly more relevant to race and gender status than nation building: the manipulation of First Nations and the reduction of the status of women, notably those of First Nations... It is profoundly depressing to contemplate the destructiveness of Euro- Canadian interference in the aboriginal cultures (including those of the Canadian West) in the late Victorian era. Prior to colonial times, marriage in aboriginal cultures, according to Carter's findings, was often rich in ceremony and spirituality...The Importance of Being Monogamous is a worthy example of history amplified and enriched." Ron Kirbyson, The Winnipeg Free Press, May 3, 2009 "Historian Carter's study of marriage as a social institution in Western Canada seeks to destabilize the notion that monogamous unions are the ancient and unquestionable foundations of family-and thus community-life. Attempts by missionaries and the government to establish and reward monogamous marriage and punish alternative marriage brought these forces into conflict with Mormon settlers and with various First Nations. Harsh legislation also punished widows, single women, and wives deserted by their husbands. In an excellent chapter on Aboriginal marriage, Carter (Native Studies, University of Alberta) does a fine job of showing how the polygamy of some tribes was actually a source of freedom for women, in contrast to the strict laws governing marriage and divorce for white settlers. She examines the efforts of missionaries and officials to establish monogamous marriages for tribal people, in a belief that monogamy would elevate tribal women to the glorified status of white wives, many of whom were in a greater state of slavery within their marriages than Aboriginal women. This vast book is a thorough social and legal exploration into the settlement of Western Canada and the contested role that marriage played in establishing the nation." J. B. Edwards, Choice, May 2009 "Sarah Carter ultimately succeeds in convincing the reader that the monogamous model of marriage was not an inevitable institution, and that it required much effort to impose it on Plains Aboriginals, as well as to make the gender order appear like a natural progression. Through her intimate knowledge and incredibly well-researched account of the West in the late nineteenth century, she provides the reader with many compelling stories of experiences endured by Aboriginals, and the British colonists' often incredulous responses. The enlightening anecdotes and cogent discussion make this book appealing to a broad audience." Adrienne Roy, Saskatchewan Law Review, May 2009 "...prairie First Nations people had lived with diverse forms of marriage-including monogamy, polygamy and same-sex marriage-for centuries, to happy and harmonious effect. Divorce was easily obtained, remarriage was common and accepted, and, as Carter discovered, almost everyone had a spouse except those who didn't want to be married. In fur-trader society, many Metis marriages also followed this more flexible pattern. But in order to build a new nation in its own image, British colonizers used the Christian marriage model to "maintain the new settlers' social and sexual distance from the Aboriginal population," argues Carter in her illustrated and meticulously researched book...Indian Affairs had enormous power to dictate terms of marriage, sanctioning matches they liked and prohibiting ones they didn't, says Carter...While all of this seems far removed from contemporary life, Carter's study serves as an important reminder that the definition of marriage can never be taken for granted and is always a reflection of a particular time and place, subject to the manipulations and abuses of state power. As the Book Publishers' Award jury put it, 'this year's recipient is a book that has the potential to make a long-lasting impact on the study of early Canadian history, as well as current national policy...This is a first-rate example of why scholarly monographs matter.'" Geoff McMaster, Folio, May 25, 2009 "In Sarah Carter's book about the project to impose the model of monogamous, heterosexual, Christian marriage in a region that was dense with long-established alternative practices, one reads of late nineteenth-century missionaries and Indian agents undertaking matchmaking, forced separations and reconciliations, campaigns of gender retraining, and determinations of immoral character and illegitimacy. While the reach of colonial bureaucratic power extended far into family life, its hold on this terrain of domesticity was never total. Carter assembles a vast archive of policy directives, correspondence, legal decisions, journalism, census data, exploration and travel literature, missionary and police reports, and early social science to provide this fascinating account of the tensions and uncertainties, the unpredictable contradictions and loopholes, created by the effort to unravel ancient systems of social organization through the imposition of a different moral code." Jennifer Henderson, American Historical Review, June 2009 "Recent debates concerning the legality of gay marriage in North America reveal how fully the definition of marriage is intertwined with both public attitudes and government policy. This is not a new development. Sarah Carter's book analyzes government efforts to impose an approved model of marriage on western Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A model that helped define the West as a space in which men (as monogamous husbands) were to be in control, especially of their wives... Carter's volume builds on work by earlier historians, including Catherine Cavanaugh and Nancy Cott, to offer a well-reasoned and strongly supported analysis of an important but often overlooked intersection between gender and politics--the ways that the institution of marriage has served as a means for nations to define and differentiate themselves." Bethany Andreasen, Minot State University, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Spring 2009 "Carter uses an impressive array of sources, including newspapers, contemporary writings, parliamentary, church, and court records, letters, and, notably in Chapter Four, stories of courting and marriage told among the Blackfoot, to show how marriage was created and contested in western Canada." Katrina Srigley, The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Volume 28-2, 2008 "This impressive and engaging book offers a carefully crafted historical account of efforts to impose a Christian, heterosexual monogamous model of marriage upon the heterogeneous population of Western Canada from European colonization to 1915... Central to Carter's analysis is her argument that the intentional and intense promotion of 'the importance of being monogamous' was key to gendered and racialized nation building of this period; it helped forge a British Canadian identity in Western Canada and was necessary for the wealth accumulation of white male settler society. ... That colonial authorities employed lifelong, heterosexual monogamous marriage as a tool to organize gender, racial and property relations on the Prairies is solidly grounded in the author's use of a wide range of primary materials and legal history. She brings abstract law and policies to life, illustrating the egregious consequences for women (especially Aboriginal women)." Suzanne Lenon, Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal, 34.1, 2009 [Full review at http://www.msvu.ca/atlantis/vol/book_reviews/Monogamous br ariel.pdf] "In this outstanding book, Sarah Carter demonstrates how Canadian nation builders deemed their model of monogamous marriage to be essential to the colonization of the Canadian West in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries... One of the greatest strengths of Carter's book is that it situates this project in western Canada within the context of other colonial situations... Carter has written an important book that will challenge scholars of other colonial regions, particularly the U.S. West, to pursue similar questions. It is a compelling text that deserves wide attention." Margaret D. Jacobs, Pacific Historical Review, February 2010 (full review at http://tinyurl.com/yb455rp) "Carter admirably wades through the complex and tangled webs of policy and legal precedents surrounding indigenous marriage laws and state policy. She clearly explains the insidious ways the state tried to control indigenous people and the means by which indigenous people resisted domestic invasion. She provides insightful comparisons to other colonial situations and consistently places her findings in a variety of historiographical contexts. Although this book speaks broadly to colonialism in the British Empire and state policy in Canada, it is grounded in case studies of the Canadian West, where Plains indigenous cultures, the numbered treaties, and the arrival of diverse immigrants created specific circumstances for a fierce matrimonial struggle... The Importance of Being Monogamous makes a significant contribution..." Carolyn Podruchny, The Western Historical Quarterly, Spring 2010 "The Importance of Being Monogamous is of crucial importance to all legal academics, practitioners and students interested in exploring critically law's understanding of and approach to 'unorthodox' marriages..Carter's analysis holds much value at the moment given its resonance with the current public discourse and debate on polygamy...As on the colonial frontier, polygamy is again being used to label and impugn a minority group held out as anathema to Canadian 'family values.' In bringing this trajectory between past and present to light, The Importance of Being Monogamous will be of clear relevance to pending judicial evaluations of the effectiveness and legality of section 293 of the Criminal Code." Angela Campbell, Ottawa Law Review, 2009-2010 "First Nations communities practised monogamy, polygamy, same-sex marriage, and divorce. Mormons practised polygamy, Doukhobors thought the state had no place in their bedrooms, Chinese immigrant women were discouraged by the head tax, and some socialists even set up free love communities. This is not your grandmother's Western Canadian history... Remoteness from imperial centres of power often creates an especially jittery ruling class, but what was it about marriage customs that made some people so worried and so insistent on imposing a recognizable form of monogamy? Here Carter relies on some of the best of contemporary postcolonial theorizations about the intimacies of empire to show how the imposition of a single standard of gender and family life was a key feature of imperial expansion... The book is full of such untold stories, making it a must-read beyond the confines of 'regional' Canadian history." Karen Dubinsky, University of Toronto Quarterly, Winter 2010 [Full article at: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/university_of_toronto_quarterly/v079/79.1.dubinsky.html] "In this brilliantly titled book Sarah Carter again demonstrates her pre-eminence in the field of Western Canadian history, especially in the area of Native-newcomer relations. Already a prize-winning monograph, The Importance of Being Monogamous: Marriage and Nation Building to 1915, serves as a stark reminder of the excessive limits to which Western Canadian colonial authorities would go to disrupt traditional marriage patterns and impose monogamy on Aboriginal Westerners and newcomers to the region... Carter's book is essential, not just for those interested in gender, race, and colonization but for those who wish to have any hope of understanding Western Canadian or Canadian history. It can easily be used for undergraduate or graduate students in any number of courses... This is a beautifully produced book with a wide array of the most useful and telling photographs." Myra Rutherdale, Labour/Le Travail 65 (May 2010) "The Importance of Being Monogamous.chronicles how the nineteenth-century conception of Christian-sanctioned marriage was used as an instrument to shape the settler and Aboriginal communities. The anxiety over marriage stemmed from the intensive colonization of a period that saw the arrival of immigrant families in areas where Aboriginal peoples, with their diverse marriage laws, practices and ceremonies, outnumbered newcomers...What makes Carter's work particularly compelling is her painstaking use of Canadian government documents, Hudson's Bay Company employee accounts, and divorce court proceedings that expose the Department of Indian Affairs' obsession with replacing that historical form of union with a 'new' family code." Katherine Ann Roberts, American Review of Canadian Studies, March 2010 "Sarah Carter's The Importance of Being Monogamous is a timely study of Canada's efforts at the turn of the twentieth century to impose monogamy on its western frontier in communities long used to fur trade marriage by the custom of the country. Today the staus of plural marriages is a contentious issue facing some jurisdictions...Carter's new book offers a rich, well-documented historical context for those involved in such challenging areas of public policy...Most scholars of Canada's Aboriginal policies have recognized the role of church and state in attempting to eliminate polygamy. What Sarah Carter has done that is new and significant is, first, to embed this broad narrative of Aboriginal policy in a more widely conceived study of state efforts to shape as well the nonconforming marriage practices of newcomers...Second, she links the creation of this 'gendered space' to Ottawa's formal policy of nation building...Sarah Carter's writing is accessible, her judgments are balanced and restrained, although the apparent dismissal of the 'slavery' of second and third wives is a little unnerving. The questions confronted here, such as the meaning of marriage, changing gender roles, the defining of race and the power of the state, are, or course, those that will resonate with the current generation of college and university students. This book will be used, and its substantial research base will ensure it a long life." Jean Friesen, Great Plains Quarterly, Fall 2009 "Carter's study of Native people is excellent and reveals her vast knowledge of the topic. She shows how missionaries tried to mould Indians into the traditional Christian marriage and, after treaty, how the government enshrined such marriages into their status and other legal documents. The author provides appropriate examples of how Indian Department regulations negatively affected Native women in such matters as arranged marriages, requiring permission to marry, a ban on divorce, and threat of the loss of legal status." Alberta History, Winter 2011 "[Carter] demonstrates that monogamy was not just an 'Indian' issue; Canadian authorities also challenged non-conforming minorities of European background. These groups, often small and dispersed, were less successful than established Aboriginal communities in subverting and resisting the pressures imposed on their modes of marriage and divorce... The next four chapters focus largely on Aboriginal marriage practices and on governmental and church efforts to achieve control over marriage through regulations and pressures towards conversion, "civilization," and assimilation. Carter draws useful comparisons with regulations in British colonies in Africa and Asia and those in the United States to amplify perspectives and provide context... Chapter 7, 'Administering First Nations Marriage and Divorce,' is a tour de force that reveals the problems faced by Indian Affairs officials as they attempted to develop and enforce consistent rules... Paradoxically, the binding nature of 'legal' marriage as defined by Canadian authorities in these years led many who came from other traditions to avoid it in the first place." Jennifer S.H. Brown, Histoire sociale / Social History, November 2010Table of ContentsCreating, Challenging, Imposing, and Defending the Marriage "Fortress"; Customs Not in Common; Making Newcomers to Western Canada Monogamous; "A Striking Contrast... Where Perpetuity of Union and Exclusiveness is Not a Rule, at Least Not a Strict Rule"; The 1886 "Traffic in Indian Girls" Panic and the Foundation of the Federal Approach to Aboriginal Marriage and Divorce; Creating "Semi-Widows" and "Supernumerary Wives"; "Undigested, Conflicting and Inharmonious"; Index.

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Book SynopsisVulnerability is not a fixed state; people and families can move in and out of experiencing vulnerability throughout their lives. All families are at risk of experiencing vulnerability at some point, which means that social workers and other professionals must be equipped with the skills to effectively provide them with support. Working with Families Experiencing Vulnerability: A Partnership Approach provides a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to family-centred practice for the social work, human services, health and education professions. This edition has been comprehensively revised and features new chapters on working with families affected by natural disasters, families experiencing poverty, MÄori families, LGBTQIA+ families and families where a parent has an intellectual disability. Emphasis is placed on promoting a rights-based, relational approach to working with children and young people, who are most at risk of experiencing vulnerability. Each chapter includes case studies,Table of Contents1. The context for practice with children, young people, and their families Menka Tsantefski and Susan Heward-Belle; 2. Person-centred, relationship-based practice Susan Heward-Belle, Brigid Lang-Norris, Pam O'Connor, Lauren Redmile and Susan Brown; 3. Working within and between organisational boundaries Dorothy Scott; 4. Poverty and its impacts on children and families Peter Matthewson, Paul Harris and Menka Tsantefski; 5. Attachment theory Amy Conley Wright and Peiling Kong; 6. Engaging with fathers for the care and safety of families Susan Heward-Belle and Patrick O'Leary; 7. Parenting in a new land Asukulu Bulimwengu and Pooja Sawrikar; 8. Working with parents with problematic substance use and mental health issues Sharon Dawe, Paul Harnett and Elizabeth Eggins; 9. Children in the midst of family violence Larissa Fogden, Cathy Humphreys and Menka Tsantefski; 10. Supporting children and families affected by disasters Elizabeth A. Newnham, Enrique Mergelsberg, Lauren Kosta, Katitza Marinkovic Chavez, Jonathan Bullen, Jane Nursey and Lisa Gibbs; 11. Working with families in pregnancy Jo Spangaro; 12. Working with children: a rights-based, relational approach to practice Menka Tsantefski and Mary Jo Mc Veigh; 13. Understanding young people Jioji Ravulo; 14. Parenting with intellectual disability Susan Collings and Margaret Spencer; 15. Family-led decision-making approaches with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families Lynette Riley, Sarah Ciftci and Irene Wardle; 16. Working with Māori whānau (families) Sharyn Roberts; 17. Supporting people of diverse genders and sexualities Peter Matthewson and Ives Rose; 18. Working with kinship care families Ann MacRae and Dave Vicary.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a detailed exploration of the interrelations between globalization, borders and families through a legal lens embedded in sociological theories and empirical data. Its socio-legal nature will have a broad appeal for readers interested in family, immigration and labor law, as well as globalization and other studies.Table of Contents1. Our era; 2. Legalized families; 3. Coordinating familial expectations; 4. Transnational reproduction services; 5. Familial citizenship; 6. Feeding children; 7. Familial violence; 8. Old age; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisDoes your family make you smarter? James R. Flynn presents an exciting new method for estimating the effects of family on a range of cognitive abilities. Rather than using twin and adoption studies, he analyses IQ tables that have been hidden in manuals over the last 65 years, and shows that family environment can confer a significant advantage or disadvantage to your level of intelligence. Wading into the nature vs. nurture debate, Flynn banishes the pessimistic notion that by the age of seventeen, people''s cognitive abilities are solely determined by their genes. He argues that intelligence is also influenced by human autonomy - genetics and family notwithstanding, we all have the capacity to choose to enhance our cognitive performance. He concludes by reconciling this new understanding of individual differences with his earlier research on intergenerational trends (the ''Flynn effect'') culminating in a general theory of intelligence.Trade Review'Another superb piece of work by the best mind in the business. The analysis of data is penetrating, the elaboration of its meaning highly illuminating, and the discourse on theories of intelligence is a feast for the mind.' Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr'Another amazing analysis of IQ data by James Flynn! As author of the Stanford-Binet 5, I have admired Flynn's work for many years. I highly recommend his new book that shines new light on the life-course of intelligence.' Gale H. Roid, author of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, 5th edition'James Flynn takes up one of the most important questions in the social sciences - what is left of human autonomy in the genomic age? - and lays out the optimistic case with full acknowledgment of the technical difficulties his argument must surmount. This is the way that we are going to make progress: by engaging an evolving state of knowledge with logic and data, transparently clear prose, and unfailing civility.' Charles Murray, co-author of The Bell Curve'Few intellectuals have grappled honestly with the problems surrounding the causes and effects of intelligence, and fewer still have done so with as much incisiveness and originality as James Flynn.' Steven Pinker, Harvard University, Massachusetts'Professor Flynn has a remarkable ability to explain complex concepts in a way so rational and logical that it seems, after the event, we should be kicking ourselves for overlooking the obvious. His chapter on the Raven's Progressive Matrices is brilliant.' John Rust, Director of The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge, and co-author of Raven's Progressive Matrices'James Flynn, as much as anyone, can take credit for ushering in the age of enlightenment in our understanding of the nature of human intelligence. In this latest chapter, we learn how our families can either advantage or disadvantage us, and how our choices can either foster or impede our intellectual performance.' Joshua Aronson, New York University'This is a brilliant book that anyone will want to read who is even remotely interested in intelligence and what variables affect it. Its take-home message is extremely powerful for people of any age - that they have serious control over their intelligence through the environments they select …' Robert J. Sternberg, PsycCRITIQUESTable of ContentsPart I. Human Autonomy: 1. Twins and autonomy; 2. Justice and freedom; 3. The great debate; 4. Slow and quick decay of family effects; 5. Reconciliation with twins and adoptions; 6. The fairness factor; Part II. Intelligence: 7. The Raven's revolution; 8. Learning from astronomy; 9. The meta-theory of intelligence; 10. Scientific theories of intelligence; 11. Psychology and Cardinal Bellarmine; Appendices.

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Book SynopsisContrary to claims that socialism opposed the family unit, Rachel Hynson argues that the revolutionary Cuban government engaged in social engineering to redefine the nuclear family and organize citizens to serve the state. Drawing on Cuban newspapers and periodicals, government documents and speeches, long-overlooked laws, and oral histories, Hynson reveals that by 1961, and increasingly throughout this decade, revolutionary citizenship was earned through labor. While men were to work outside the home in state-approved jobs, women found their citizenship tied to affording the state control over their reproduction and sexual labor. Through all four campaigns examined in this book - the projects to control women''s reproduction, promote marriage, end prostitution, and compel men into state-sanctioned employment - Hynson shows that the state''s progression toward authoritarianism and its attendant monopolization of morality were met with resistance and counter-narratives by citizens who sTrade Review'Brilliantly argued and meticulously researched, Rachel Hynson's Laboring for the State represents a breakthrough in understanding how Cuba's Communist state established direct connections between the grand patriarchal project of national salvation and the intimate lives of citizens. Her analysis of the rehabilitation of sexual transgressors such as pimps, prostitutes as well as average citizens who questioned the merits and values of Communist-led redemption is as unique and refreshing as it is fascinating and convincing.' Lillian Guerra, University of Florida'Laboring for the State elevates the literature on the early years after the 1959 Cuban revolution to a new level of sophistication and complexity. Based on a rich tapestry of sources, Hynson uncovers the 'unintended consequence' of previously understudied revolutionary campaigns. Significantly, Hynson provides a genuine intersectional analysis of Cuban history that never forgets or downplays that the island's push toward European heterosexual gender norms - the New Family - often came at the expense of black and mulato bodies.' Devyn Spence Benson, Davidson College, North Carolina'Rachel Hynson's Laboring for the State is essential reading for anyone interested in how Cuba's revolutionary state established hegemony. In rich and engaging detail, Hynson tracks the state's systematic intervention into even the most intimate levels of society. We learn how conservative visions of the nuclear family, women's reproductive roles, and sexual deviance were central to the attempts to regulate and control citizens. This is an important and impressive book that will reshape how we think about revolutionary Cuba's origins.' Lorraine Bayard de Volo, University of Colorado, Boulder'Rachel Hynson's new book, Laboring for the State: Women, Family, and Work in Revolutionary Cuba, 1959-1971, is an excellent addition to this growing body of literature that challenges both the chronology and the content of the Cuban government's own narrative of its revolution … Drawing on varied and fascinating sources, Hynson has written a social history of the first twelve years of revolutionary Cuba, and explained to her audience how those years shaped Cuba today.' Anasa Hicks, H-LatAm'… cogently conceptualized and painstakingly researched … an ambitious book that will shake scholarship on Cuba out of its complacency.' Michelle Chase, Hispanic American Historical Review'Rachel Hynson has crafted a sophisticated study that highlights the Cuban revolutionary government's limited reach into the intimate lives of its citizens … this is a richly researched and well-crafted study.' Tiffany Sippial, New West Indian GuideTable of ContentsIntroduction: socialist morality, the nuclear family, and state labor; 1. In the hands of physicians: abortion, birth control, and claims to women's labor; 2. 'The husband must protect the wife and the latter obey the husband': operation family, wedding palaces, and nuclear families; 3. From the streets to the home: the re-education and resistance of female prostitutes; 4. The elasticity of truth: creating male heads of household through forced labor; Epilogue: the erasure and legacies of four early revolutionary campaigns.

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Book SynopsisPower is an inherent feature of social interactions, yet it is hard to define and therefore understand. This book is the first to organize current interdisciplinary theorizing and research about power from leading academics in areas such as social psychology, communications, family studies, and public health. It also focuses exclusively on how power operates and affects close relationship processes, while the theoretical insights provided point the way toward new lines of research and understanding. Using specific examples to illustrate complex theoretical explanations and supplying thorough descriptions of the existing literature on power in close relationships, this book is an essential resource for researchers, professionals, students, or laypeople seeking to better understand how power operates in those relationships that are most important to us.Trade Review'Why do some people have more power than others? When do people use their power for good versus ill? These are among the essential questions that are asked and answered by this stellar and interdisciplinary line-up of scholars. The book is marvelous, and it's a blast to read!' Eli J. Finkel, author of The All-Or-Nothing Marriage and Northwestern University'Power has been the neglected stepchild throughout most of the history of relationship science. Combining insightful theories and cutting-edge research, this volume should do much to change that. If you study, teach, or use relationship research, you won't want to miss this important and thought-provoking advance.' Harry Reis, University of Rochester'This excellent edited volume, compiled by two leaders in the interdisciplinary field of close relationships, fills a gap in the current research on close relationships. This book summarizes several theoretical approaches to power, then explains how power and related phenomena are expressed in different interpersonal contexts.' Susan Sprecher, Distinguished Professor, Illinois State UniversityTable of ContentsAn evolutionary perspective on the role of status in close relationships Gillian A. Mccabe and Virgil Zeigler-Hill; 2. Attachment insecurity and the regulation of power and dependence in intimate relationships Emily J. Cross and Nickola C. Overall; 3. Interdependence perspectives on power in relationships Ximena B. Arriaga, Michael Ioerger and Laura E. Vanderdrift; 4. Leveraging power in intimate partner relationships: a power basis perspective I-Ching Lee, Felicia Pratto and Judy Y. Tan; 5. The dyadic power-social influence model: extensions and future directions Allison K. Farrell, Alexander J. Rothman and Jeffry A. Simpson; 6. The impact of multilevel sources of power on intimate relationship functioning Christopher R. Agnew, Jennifer J. Harman, Elizabeth Keneski and Andrew L. Stewart; 7. Power in families J. Kale Monk, Brian G. Ogolsky and Angela M. Whittaker; 8. When sex is power: gender roles in sex and their consequences Michelle R. Kaufman and Julie Pulerwitz; 9. Power in close intimate relationships Emily A. Impett, James J. Kim and Mariko L. Visserman; 10. Power and interpersonal violence; 11. Power and interpersonal communication Michael E. Roloff and Denise Haunani Solomon; 12. Interpersonal power and nonverbal communication Quinten Bernhold and Norah E. Dunbar.

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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work-Family Interface is a response to growing interest in understanding how people manage their work and family lives across the globe. Given global and regional differences in cultural values, economies, and policies and practices, research on work-family management is not always easily transportable to different contexts. Researchers have begun to acknowledge this, conducting research in various national settings, but the literature lacks a comprehensive source that aims to synthesize the state of knowledge, theoretical progression, and identification of the most compelling future research ideas within field. The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work-Family Interface aims to fill this gap by providing a single source where readers can find not only information about the general state of global work-family research, but also comprehensive reviews of region-specific research. It will be of value to researchers, graduate students, and practitioners Table of ContentsPart I. Overview: 1. Introduction; 2. A comprehensive review and synthesis of the cross-cultural work-family literature; 3. GLOBE's cultural dimensions: implications for global work-family research; Part II. Assessing Cultural and Structural Differences: 4. Schwartz cultural values: implications for global work-family research; 5. Relationships between social policy, economic characteristics, and the work-family interface; 6. The impact of leave policies on employment, fertility, gender equality, and health; 7. Review of methods used in global work and family research; Part III. Methodological Considerations: 8. Meta-analysis as a tool to synthesize global work-family research findings; 9. Conducting qualitative work-family research across cultures; 10. Leveraging archival data in global work-family research: the case of time use data; 11. Best practices in scale translation and establishing measurement equivalence; 12. Getting the global band together: best practices in organizing and managing international research teams; 13. A review of work-family research in Western and Southern Europe; Part IV. Review of Research in Regions across the Globe: 14. A review of work-family research in Central and Eastern Europe; 15. A review of work-family research in Nordic regions; 16. A review of work-family research in Latin America; 17. A review of work-family research in Africa; 18. A review of work-family research in the Middle East; 19. A review of work-family research in South East Asia; 20. A review of work-family research in Confucian Asia; 21. A review of work-family research in Australia and New Zealand; 22. A cultures within culture perspective on work and family among United States employees; Part V. Cultures within Cultures: 23. Cultures within cultures in Israel: Jewish and Arab cultures and the work-family interface; 24. Modernity meets tradition: managing the work-family interface in South Africa; 25. Work and family among immigrants; 26. Expatriation and the work-family interface; 27. The work-family interface and careers in the global workplace: insights from cross-national research; Part VI. Organizational Perspectives: 28. Managing work and family issues in a multinational firm: organizational case study; 29. Workplace flexibility: strategies to help organizations navigate global expansion; 30. Organizational culture in the context of national culture; 31. Family supportive supervision around the globe; 32. Gender, gender norms, and national culture: global work-family at multiple levels of analysis; Part VII. Family Perspectives: 33. Fatherhood, work, and family across the globe: a review and research agenda; 34. Crossover, culture, and dual-earner couples; 35. Cultural considerations in the division of labor; 36. Affective processes in the work-family interface: global considerations; 37. Implications of work-family connections for children's well-being across the globe; 38. Segmentation/integration of work and non/work domains: global considerations; Part VIII. Individual Perspectives: 39. The meanings of work-life balance: a cultural perspective; 40. A cross-national view of personal responsibility for work-life balance; Part IX. Conclusion: 41. Charting a path forward; Index.

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Book SynopsisAcross the Americas and Europe, the family has changed and marriage is in retreat. To answer the question of what''s driving these changes and how they impact social and economic inequality, progressives have typically focused on the economic causes of changing family structures, whereas conservatives tend to stress cultural and policy roots. In this illuminating book, an international group of scholars revisit these issues, offering competing and contrasting perspectives from left, center, and right, while also adding a third layer of analysis: namely, the role of gender - changes in women''s roles, male employment patterns, and gendered family responsibilities - in driving family change across three continents. Unequal Family Lives: Causes and Consequences in Europe and the Americas adds richness and depth to our understanding of the relationship between family and economics in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. This title is also available as Open Access.Table of ContentsIntroduction Laurie F. DeRose, Naomi Cahn, June Carbone and W. Bradford Wilcox; Part I. The Increasingly Unequal Socioeconomic Character of Family Life: 1. Families unequal: socioeconomic gradients in family patterns across the US and Europe Marcia J. Carlson; 2. Family forms and social inequality in Latin America Albert Esteve and Elizabeth Flores Paredes; Part II. The Causes of Increasingly Diverging Family Structures: 3. How inequality drives family formation: the prima facie case Andrew J. Cherlin; 4. Universal or unique? Understanding diversity in partnership experiences across Europe Brienna Perelli-Harris; 5. Family structure and the decline of work for men in postwar America Nicholas Eberstadt; Part III. Consequences of Growing Divergence: 6. Single-mother families, mother's educational level, children's school outcomes: a study of 21 countries Anna Garriga and Paolo Berta; 7. Family structure and socioeconomic inequality of opportunity in Europe and the United States Diederik Boertien, Fabrizio Bernardi and Juho Härkönen; 8. Families and the wealth of nations: what does family structure have to do with growth around the globe? W. Bradford Wilcox and Joseph Price; Part IV. Bridging the Growing Family Divide: 9. Family policy, socioeconomic inequality and the gender revolution Fran Goldscheider and Sharon Sassler; 10. Where's the glue? Policies to close the family gap Richard V. Reeves; Part V. Commentary and Concluding Reflections: 11. The pathology of patriarchy and family inequalities Lynn Prince Cooke; 12. Concluding reflections: what does less marriage have to do with more family inequality? W. Bradford Wilcox; 13. Commentary/afterword/concluding thoughts on family change and economic inequality June Carbone and Naomi Cahn.

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Book SynopsisCreating Equality at Home tells the fascinating stories of 25 couples around the world whose everyday decisions about sharing the housework and childcare - from who cooks the food, washes the dishes, and helps with homework, to who cuts back on paid work - all add up to a gender revolution. From North and South America to Europe, Asia, and Australia, these couples tell a story of similarity despite vast cultural differences. By rejecting the prescription that men''s identities are determined by paid work and women''s by motherhood, the couples show that men can put family first and are as capable of nurturing as women, and that women can pursue careers as seriously as their husbands do - bringing profound rewards for men, women, marriage, and children. Working couples with children will discover that equality is possible and exists right now.Trade Review'Fascinating real-life examples of how couples around the world are creating equality in family work, demonstrating that individual choices and decisions can thwart social norms and structural forces and that gender equality exists "right now in unlikely places'.' The Bookseller'This is an impressive work; both for its scope of research and its optimism that equality at a household level is possible. The stories provide much-needed nuance to the lives of couples who 'undo gender' and how women, men, and children benefit from equal sharing.' Gary Barker, President and CEO, Promundo, USA, and co-author of State of the World's Fathers'It is the most compelling and inspirational book about involved fathering to appear in decades. Not only are the couples' stories illuminated with sensitivity to cultural and political differences, but personal struggles and inter-generational tensions are expertly discussed. This is the best book on family labor-sharing.' Scott Coltrane, sociologist, Provost Emeritus, University of Oregon, and author of Gender and Families'The authors successfully solve the puzzle of how couples can resist the dominant gender norms surrounding them. This fascinating book demonstrates that, beyond cultural and institutional differences, fathers benefit from equality as much as mothers when they contribute in tandem with their partner to shape a new and fairer world.' Jeanne Fagnani, Emeritus Senior Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Paris-Sorbonne, France, and co-author of Fathers and MothersWe have been given an exceptionally comprehensive account of how heterosexual couples throughout the globe endeavor to create domestic equality. The stories demonstrate how, under the right social conditions, partners can overcome barriers to forge equal relationships. This is an indispensable guide for dismantling the outdated norms and structures that support gender inequality.' Kathleen Gerson, Professor of Sociology and Collegiate Professor of Arts and Science, New York UniversityThis is a fascinating book, providing riveting stories that show how couples around the world become resisters and “undo gender.” Other books explain inequality, while this important book explains equality and how it can be accomplished. Couples attempting to reconcile work and family, seasoned activists and scholars, graduates and undergraduates should read it.' Naomi Gerstel, Distinguished University Professor, University of Massachusetts, and co-author of Unequal Time'This book is a perfect blend of scholarly analysis and compelling personal stories of couples who have bucked gender norms to create equality in their homes. From 22 countries across the globe, these men and women provide road maps for undoing gender and make a powerful case for the tremendous rewards that follow from embracing equality.' Ronnie Janoff-Bulman, Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, and author of Shattered Assumptions'This is the collection I have been waiting for. The editors bring together a brilliant group of scholars from around the world to share stories of equal-sharing couples in 22 countries. They provide a wonderful journey through 60/60 parenting in Israel, dismantling housewifization in Indonesia, flying towards equality in Honduras, and more.' Gayle Kaufman, Nancy and Erwin Maddrey Professor of Sociology, Davidson College, and author of Superdads'This creative book analyses the sharing process established by couples from different cultures. Based on international comparisons, it highlights the benefits of egalitarian couples who fairly split domestic tasks. It is a truly amazing book for mapping out a household's journey towards gender equality!' Hélène Périvier, economist, Director of the Programme de Recherche et D'Enseignement de Savoirs sur le Genre (PRESAGE), and co-author of Le Deuxième ge de L'émancipation'This innovative book demonstrates, using interviews from 22 countries, how couples undo gender by describing a typical day in their lives. I would recommend the book for every family (and to academics researching families) to become happy in their own way.' Andrea Pető, Professor, Central European University, Hungary, and co-editor of Gendered Wars, Gendered Memories'While gender inequality at home seems intractable, this study shows that equal sharing is possible and a common methodology across cases reveals the conditions under which it happens. With vivid qualitative data and an engaging writing, this book is a superb teaching resource as well as a must-have for researchers.' Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology, Boston College, and author of After the Gig'Here is a book with a mission. Its goal is to inject some optimism into debates that focus on the persistence of 'traditional' gender roles in housework and childcare. It's an uplifting account and an informative read.' Jacqueline Scott, Emerita Professor of Empirical Sociology, University of Cambridge'For anyone interested in relationships or gender, this unique compilation of case studies on gender resisters is a must read. The authors show what gender resisters share, regardless of nationality, and convincingly demonstrate how equality is achieved as well as the benefits it affords for both women and men.' Janice M. Steil, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Adelphi University, and author of Marital Equality'Creating Equality at Home explores 25 cases around the world that are exceptions to that trend, assessing the experiences and strategies of couples in 22 countries for creating equity at home.' S. K. Gallagher, ChoiceTable of ContentsSetting the Stage: 1. Introduction Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt; 2. Past and current research Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt; Consciously Creating Equality: 3. Israel Ruth A. Gaunt; 4. Honduras Erin Murphy-Graham; 5. Montenegro Milena Račeta Stojanović; 6. Switzerland Julia C. Nentwich, Stefanie Schälin and Wiebke Tennhoff; 7. Sweden Linda Haas and Leslie Stanley Stevens; Violating Social Norms: 8. Indonesia Siti Kusujiarti; 9. Croatia Lynette Šikić-Mićanović; 10. Bhutan Dolma Choden Roder and Tashi Choden; 11. Hungary Judit Takaìcs; 12. USA: California Alicia Maìrquez; Prioritizing Family: 13. USA: New England Francine M. Deutsch; 14. Brazil Maria Auxiliadora Dessen and Claìudio V. Torres; 15. Australia Judy Rose and Janeen Baxter; 16. Singapore Karen Mui-Teng Quek and Carmen Knudson-Martin; Drawing on Lessons from Families of Origin: 17. Austria Sabine Buchebner-Ferstl and Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve; 18. Turkey Cagla Diner; 19. Czech Republic Hana Mařikova; 20. People's Republic of China Yifei Shen (translated by Jiayi Qian); 21. Slovenia Živa Humer and Metka Kuhar; Using Government Policies: 22. Iceland Ingoìlfur V. Giìslason; 23. Germany Anna Dechant, Harald Rost and Florian Schulz; 24. United Kingdom Oriel Sullivan; 25. Portugal Karin Wall, Vanessa Cunha and Sofia Marinho; What We Have Learned: 26. Undoing gender: different cultures, similar stories Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt; 27. Conclusion: the paths to equality Francine M. Deutsch, Ruth A. Gaunt and Madison E. Richards; Index.

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Book SynopsisCreating Equality at Home tells the fascinating stories of 25 couples around the world whose everyday decisions about sharing the housework and childcare - from who cooks the food, washes the dishes, and helps with homework, to who cuts back on paid work - all add up to a gender revolution. From North and South America to Europe, Asia, and Australia, these couples tell a story of similarity despite vast cultural differences. By rejecting the prescription that men''s identities are determined by paid work and women''s by motherhood, the couples show that men can put family first and are as capable of nurturing as women, and that women can pursue careers as seriously as their husbands do - bringing profound rewards for men, women, marriage, and children. Working couples with children will discover that equality is possible and exists right now.Trade Review'Fascinating real-life examples of how couples around the world are creating equality in family work, demonstrating that individual choices and decisions can thwart social norms and structural forces and that gender equality exists "right now in unlikely places'.' The Bookseller'This is an impressive work; both for its scope of research and its optimism that equality at a household level is possible. The stories provide much-needed nuance to the lives of couples who 'undo gender' and how women, men, and children benefit from equal sharing.' Gary Barker, President and CEO, Promundo, USA, and co-author of State of the World's Fathers'It is the most compelling and inspirational book about involved fathering to appear in decades. Not only are the couples' stories illuminated with sensitivity to cultural and political differences, but personal struggles and inter-generational tensions are expertly discussed. This is the best book on family labor-sharing.' Scott Coltrane, sociologist, Provost Emeritus, University of Oregon, and author of Gender and Families'The authors successfully solve the puzzle of how couples can resist the dominant gender norms surrounding them. This fascinating book demonstrates that, beyond cultural and institutional differences, fathers benefit from equality as much as mothers when they contribute in tandem with their partner to shape a new and fairer world.' Jeanne Fagnani, Emeritus Senior Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Paris-Sorbonne, France, and co-author of Fathers and MothersWe have been given an exceptionally comprehensive account of how heterosexual couples throughout the globe endeavor to create domestic equality. The stories demonstrate how, under the right social conditions, partners can overcome barriers to forge equal relationships. This is an indispensable guide for dismantling the outdated norms and structures that support gender inequality.' Kathleen Gerson, Professor of Sociology and Collegiate Professor of Arts and Science, New York UniversityThis is a fascinating book, providing riveting stories that show how couples around the world become resisters and “undo gender.” Other books explain inequality, while this important book explains equality and how it can be accomplished. Couples attempting to reconcile work and family, seasoned activists and scholars, graduates and undergraduates should read it.' Naomi Gerstel, Distinguished University Professor, University of Massachusetts, and co-author of Unequal Time'This book is a perfect blend of scholarly analysis and compelling personal stories of couples who have bucked gender norms to create equality in their homes. From 22 countries across the globe, these men and women provide road maps for undoing gender and make a powerful case for the tremendous rewards that follow from embracing equality.' Ronnie Janoff-Bulman, Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, and author of Shattered Assumptions'This is the collection I have been waiting for. The editors bring together a brilliant group of scholars from around the world to share stories of equal-sharing couples in 22 countries. They provide a wonderful journey through 60/60 parenting in Israel, dismantling housewifization in Indonesia, flying towards equality in Honduras, and more.' Gayle Kaufman, Nancy and Erwin Maddrey Professor of Sociology, Davidson College, and author of Superdads'This creative book analyses the sharing process established by couples from different cultures. Based on international comparisons, it highlights the benefits of egalitarian couples who fairly split domestic tasks. It is a truly amazing book for mapping out a household's journey towards gender equality!' Hélène Périvier, economist, Director of the Programme de Recherche et D'Enseignement de Savoirs sur le Genre (PRESAGE), and co-author of Le Deuxième ge de L'émancipation'This innovative book demonstrates, using interviews from 22 countries, how couples undo gender by describing a typical day in their lives. I would recommend the book for every family (and to academics researching families) to become happy in their own way.' Andrea Pető, Professor, Central European University, Hungary, and co-editor of Gendered Wars, Gendered Memories'While gender inequality at home seems intractable, this study shows that equal sharing is possible and a common methodology across cases reveals the conditions under which it happens. With vivid qualitative data and an engaging writing, this book is a superb teaching resource as well as a must-have for researchers.' Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology, Boston College, and author of After the Gig'Here is a book with a mission. Its goal is to inject some optimism into debates that focus on the persistence of 'traditional' gender roles in housework and childcare. It's an uplifting account and an informative read.' Jacqueline Scott, Emerita Professor of Empirical Sociology, University of Cambridge'For anyone interested in relationships or gender, this unique compilation of case studies on gender resisters is a must read. The authors show what gender resisters share, regardless of nationality, and convincingly demonstrate how equality is achieved as well as the benefits it affords for both women and men.' Janice M. Steil, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Adelphi University, and author of Marital Equality'Creating Equality at Home explores 25 cases around the world that are exceptions to that trend, assessing the experiences and strategies of couples in 22 countries for creating equity at home.' S. K. Gallagher, ChoiceTable of ContentsSetting the Stage: 1. Introduction Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt; 2. Past and current research Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt; Consciously Creating Equality: 3. Israel Ruth A. Gaunt; 4. Honduras Erin Murphy-Graham; 5. Montenegro Milena Račeta Stojanović; 6. Switzerland Julia C. Nentwich, Stefanie Schälin and Wiebke Tennhoff; 7. Sweden Linda Haas and Leslie Stanley Stevens; Violating Social Norms: 8. Indonesia Siti Kusujiarti; 9. Croatia Lynette Šikić-Mićanović; 10. Bhutan Dolma Choden Roder and Tashi Choden; 11. Hungary Judit Takaìcs; 12. USA: California Alicia Maìrquez; Prioritizing Family: 13. USA: New England Francine M. Deutsch; 14. Brazil Maria Auxiliadora Dessen and Claìudio V. Torres; 15. Australia Judy Rose and Janeen Baxter; 16. Singapore Karen Mui-Teng Quek and Carmen Knudson-Martin; Drawing on Lessons from Families of Origin: 17. Austria Sabine Buchebner-Ferstl and Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve; 18. Turkey Cagla Diner; 19. Czech Republic Hana Mařikova; 20. People's Republic of China Yifei Shen (translated by Jiayi Qian); 21. Slovenia Živa Humer and Metka Kuhar; Using Government Policies: 22. Iceland Ingoìlfur V. Giìslason; 23. Germany Anna Dechant, Harald Rost and Florian Schulz; 24. United Kingdom Oriel Sullivan; 25. Portugal Karin Wall, Vanessa Cunha and Sofia Marinho; What We Have Learned: 26. Undoing gender: different cultures, similar stories Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt; 27. Conclusion: the paths to equality Francine M. Deutsch, Ruth A. Gaunt and Madison E. Richards; Index.

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Book SynopsisProviding a panoramic and interdisciplinary perspective, this book explores the interrelations between globalization, borders, families and the law. It considers the role of international, multi-national and religious laws in shaping the lives of the millions of families that are affected by the opportunities and challenges created by globalization, and the ongoing resilience of national borders and cultural boundaries. Examining familial life-span stages - establishing spousal relations, raising children and being cared for in old age - Hacker demonstrates the fruitfulness in studying families beyond the borders of national family law, and highlights the relevance of immigration and citizenship law, public and private international law and other branches of law. This book provides a rich empirical description of families in our era. It is relevant not only to legal scholars and practitioners but also to scholars and students within the sociology of the family, globalization studies, bTable of Contents1. Our era; 2. Legalized families; 3. Coordinating familial expectations; 4. Transnational reproduction services; 5. Familial citizenship; 6. Feeding children; 7. Familial violence; 8. Old age; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisDoes your family make you smarter? James R. Flynn presents an exciting new method for estimating the effects of family on a range of cognitive abilities. Rather than using twin and adoption studies, he analyses IQ tables that have been hidden in manuals over the last 65 years, and shows that family environment can confer a significant advantage or disadvantage to your level of intelligence. Wading into the nature vs. nurture debate, Flynn banishes the pessimistic notion that by the age of seventeen, people''s cognitive abilities are solely determined by their genes. He argues that intelligence is also influenced by human autonomy - genetics and family notwithstanding, we all have the capacity to choose to enhance our cognitive performance. He concludes by reconciling this new understanding of individual differences with his earlier research on intergenerational trends (the ''Flynn effect'') culminating in a general theory of intelligence.Trade Review'Another superb piece of work by the best mind in the business. The analysis of data is penetrating, the elaboration of its meaning highly illuminating, and the discourse on theories of intelligence is a feast for the mind.' Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr'Another amazing analysis of IQ data by James Flynn! As author of the Stanford-Binet 5, I have admired Flynn's work for many years. I highly recommend his new book that shines new light on the life-course of intelligence.' Gale H. Roid, author of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, 5th edition'James Flynn takes up one of the most important questions in the social sciences - what is left of human autonomy in the genomic age? - and lays out the optimistic case with full acknowledgment of the technical difficulties his argument must surmount. This is the way that we are going to make progress: by engaging an evolving state of knowledge with logic and data, transparently clear prose, and unfailing civility.' Charles Murray, co-author of The Bell Curve'Few intellectuals have grappled honestly with the problems surrounding the causes and effects of intelligence, and fewer still have done so with as much incisiveness and originality as James Flynn.' Steven Pinker, Harvard University, Massachusetts'Professor Flynn has a remarkable ability to explain complex concepts in a way so rational and logical that it seems, after the event, we should be kicking ourselves for overlooking the obvious. His chapter on the Raven's Progressive Matrices is brilliant.' John Rust, Director of The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge, and co-author of Raven's Progressive Matrices'James Flynn, as much as anyone, can take credit for ushering in the age of enlightenment in our understanding of the nature of human intelligence. In this latest chapter, we learn how our families can either advantage or disadvantage us, and how our choices can either foster or impede our intellectual performance.' Joshua Aronson, New York University'This is a brilliant book that anyone will want to read who is even remotely interested in intelligence and what variables affect it. Its take-home message is extremely powerful for people of any age - that they have serious control over their intelligence through the environments they select …' Robert J. Sternberg, PsycCRITIQUESTable of ContentsPart I. Human Autonomy: 1. Twins and autonomy; 2. Justice and freedom; 3. The great debate; 4. Slow and quick decay of family effects; 5. Reconciliation with twins and adoptions; 6. The fairness factor; Part II. Intelligence: 7. The Raven's revolution; 8. Learning from astronomy; 9. The meta-theory of intelligence; 10. Scientific theories of intelligence; 11. Psychology and Cardinal Bellarmine; Appendices.

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Book SynopsisIn 2015 the Supreme Court made history by ruling that the constitution protects the right of same-sex couples to get married. The third edition of perhaps the most influential book on the subject explains the Court''s reasoning and what the consequences of the decision have been. The book also explains why the Supreme Court declined to rule that a ban on same-sex marriage was irrational or hateful or that the ban was an indirect form of gender discrimination. Instead, the Court ruled that there is a fundamental constitutional right to marry that covers same-sex couples. The book discusses the dissent''s claims that the decision will lead to constitutional protection for polygamy. It also covers the controversy over whether there should be special laws that allow religious business owners not to serve same-sex couples who are married. This book is free of jargon and is accessible to anyone interested in same-sex equality, the Supreme Court or constitutional law generally.Trade Review'Evan Gerstmann's constitutional claim for marriage equality, visionary when it was first published in 2002, proved prophetic - and now, in this new edition, proffers a roadmap for advocates of fundamental-rights jurisprudence in the twenty-first century. Learned, impassioned, and rigorously argued, Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution stands as touchstone scholarship on gay marriage - or, as we call it today, 'marriage.' Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and author of Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America'Evan Gerstmann presents a carefully crafted, highly nuanced, and up-to-date argument about same-sex marriage. At the same time, he carefully considers the implications of the issue for crucial and timely issues of constitutional interpretation.' Harry Hirsch, Oberlin College, Ohio'Professor Evan Gerstmann saw same-sex marriage coming and he sees same-sex marriage staying. His work is the rare combination of sophisticated doctrinal, normative, and political analysis.' Mark Graber, University System of Maryland Regents Professor, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of LawTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Reason and prejudice: is a heterosexual monopoly on marriage rational?; 3. Looking for stricter scrutiny: sexism, heterosexism, and class-based equal protection; 4. The fundamental right to marry; 5. Same-sex marriage and the fundamental right to marry; 6. Should courts create new rights?; 7. Identifying fundamental rights; 8. Democracy, neutrality, and consistency of principle; 9. Principles and practicalities: the road to same-sex marriage.

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Book SynopsisEven before 2020, chronic loneliness was a private experience of profound anguish that had become a public health crisis. Since then it has reached new heights. While we can''t cure loneliness the way we can cure strep throat or even cancer, there are concrete, actionable and effective things we can do to manage it and keep it from becoming chronic. For an individual lonely reader, or for anyone who loves, serves, treats, or employs people vulnerable to loneliness in community, work or educational settings, this book will clarify how meaningful reconnection between the self and others begins, and how it can be nourished and sustained.Loneliness assumes many forms, from enduring physical isolation to feeling rejected because of difference, and it can have devastating consequences for our physical and mental health. As the founder of Project UnLonely, Dr. Jeremy Nobel unpacks our personal and national experiences of loneliness to discover its roots and to Trade ReviewIn this powerful book, Jeremy Nobel shows us how using the arts and creativity as 'a gateway to imagination and empowerment' can not only empower us to combat loneliness and isolation, but also profoundly change our minds and bodies. -- Susan Magsamen, New York Times bestselling author of Your Brain on ArtLoneliness is a silent epidemic that no one talks about (because there is no one to talk to about it). Jeremy Nobel is the best friend and confidante we all need. Project UnLonely offers practical guidance and scientific context on to how to fight loneliness in individuals and societies. His evidence-based approach elevates artistic expression to its rightful position of being as important as diet, exercise, and sleep. -- Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Successful AgingJeremy Nobel not only digs into what causes the terrible anguish of loneliness in a wide variety of contexts, he also gives us a framework for reconnecting with ourselves and others in a meaningful way. We need this book now more than ever! -- Dr Judson Brewer, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Unwinding AnxietyNobel puts us in the middle of current, high stakes conversations that recognize how loneliness undermines health, as well as our chances for intimacy and democracy. Here he argues a path to connection that includes personal artistic connection - something no chatbot can provide. -- Sherry Turkle, MIT Professor, New York Times bestselling author of Reclaiming Conversation and The Empathy DiariesThis grand tour of loneliness visits the pain of subjective experience, the insights of science, the threat of technology, and the promise of art to discover solutions to one of the great public health issues of our time. In our hyper-connected but ultra-isolated world, we all need Project UnLonely. -- Thomas Insel, former director of the NIH and author of Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental HealthLoneliness and isolation threaten our very existence as social creatures. Jeremy Nobel offers a clear, lucid, and hopeful path toward greater connection through self-acceptance, self-expression, and creativity. This book is essential reading as we recover from the pandemic. -- Dr Robert Waldinger, New York Times bestselling author of The Good LifeJeremy Nobel has done us all a great service: He's written a book that destigmatizes loneliness. With ample research and an array of stories, he explains why loneliness is not a private weakness but a public problem. Then shows how curiosity, creativity, and conversation can help cure what ails us. Project UnLonely is a vital read for our times. -- Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive, When and The Power of RegretA brilliant book about the most profound of all human challenges facing us today. -- Steve Leder, New York Times bestselling author of For You When I Am Gone'In this powerful book, Jeremy Nobel shows us how using the arts and creativity as 'a gateway to imagination and empowerment' can not only empower us to combat loneliness and isolation, but also profoundly change our minds and bodies.' - Susan Magsamen, New York Times bestselling author of Your Brain on Art'Loneliness is a silent epidemic that no one talks about (because there is no one to talk to about it). Jeremy Nobel is the best friend and confidante we all need. Project UnLonely offers practical guidance and scientific context on to how to fight loneliness in individuals and societies. His evidence-based approach elevates artistic expression to its rightful position of being as important as diet, exercise, and sleep.' - Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Successful Aging'Jeremy Nobel not only digs into what causes the terrible anguish of loneliness in a wide variety of contexts, he also gives us a framework for reconnecting with ourselves and others in a meaningful way. We need this book now more than ever!' - Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Unwinding Anxiety'Nobel puts us in the middle of current, high stakes conversations that recognize how loneliness undermines health, as well as our chances for intimacy and democracy. Here he argues a path to connection that includes personal artistic connection - something no chatbot can provide.' - Sherry Turkle, MIT Professor, New York Times bestselling author of Reclaiming Conversation and The Empathy Diaries'This grand tour of loneliness visits the pain of subjective experience, the insights of science, the threat of technology, and the promise of art to discover solutions to one of the great public health issues of our time. In our hyper-connected but ultra-isolated world, we all need Project UnLonely.' - Thomas Insel, former director of the NIH and author of Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health'Loneliness and isolation threaten our very existence as social creatures. Jeremy Nobel offers a clear, lucid, and hopeful path toward greater connection through self-acceptance, self-expression, and creativity. This book is essential reading as we recover from the pandemic.' - Robert Waldinger, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Life'Jeremy Nobel has done us all a great service: He's written a book that destigmatizes loneliness. With ample research and an array of stories, he explains why loneliness is not a private weakness but a public problem. Then shows how curiosity, creativity, and conversation can help cure what ails us. Project UnLonely is a vital read for our times.' - Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive, When, and The Power of Regret'A brilliant book about the most profound of all human challenges facing us today.' - Steve Leder, New York Times bestselling author of For You When I Am Gone

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Book SynopsisSingle-Parenting in the 21st Century: Perceptions, Issues and Implications explores and illuminates the landscape of single-parenting in the twenty-first century, during which a great number of individuals have begun parenting on their own. Nationally and internationally recognized experts apply their multiple years of experience as researchers and offer the most complete handbook available to exploring the uncharted waters of single-parenting in the twenty-firstt century. The volume provides in-depth answers to important questions, such as: Does being a single parent effect physical and mental health? What is the economic status of single-mother and single-father families? Is the psychosocial adjustment, school performance and behavior of single-parent students related to nuclear family children? With these questions in mind, the chapters are classified into three categories: a) Single-Parenting and Health; b) Single-Parenting and Economic Disadvantage; and c) Single-Parenting and Education. Globalization, demographic shifts, economic, cultural, social and moral crisis, and changing trends in the labor sector all signify the distinctiveness of the current moment with regards to family patterns. This one-of-a-kind book promotes a world-view, a perspective of the multiple effects of single-parenting both on parents as well as children and presents the most recent research data on the complex issues surrounding single-parenthood. Written with clarity and candor by worldwide researchers and experts, Single-Parenting in the 21st Century: Perceptions, Issues and Implications is an essential read for teachers, parents, administrators and policymakers at all levels.

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Book SynopsisCouples and Relationships: Individual and Relational Challenges discuss the complex connection of individual factors (the personality of a partner) and the couple`s relational dynamic from different theoretical and therapeutic perspectives. It takes into account the influence of context (culture, social factors) and personality traits in the assessment of a couple, as well as a review of multiple levels of intervention (from individual to relational therapy) in the therapeutic approach. The topics are processed in line with the latest advances in psychology, psychiatry and psychotherapy, with an emphasis on the need for connection with the practice itself, along with guidelines for experts with different profiles who are working with couples. The content of book cover further the following themes: Relationships - the chances and challenges for an individual (the focus concerns the meaning of love in relationships, specificities of so-called healthy marriages, components and mechanisms of healing and the destructive power of relationships, as well as the relational problems connected with it); the individual - the chances and challenges for a relationship (the relationship between the personality structure and a partners choice, and the dyadic relationship); diagnostic dimensions in the appraisal of couples in crises (the influence of personality traits, personality disorders and attachment style on the couples relationship); therapeutic approaches and possibilities during work with couples in crisis; and the education of experts in the treatment of couples. The modern age, with its varying perspectives on the understanding of the phenomenon of closeness and love in a relationship, presents a challenge not only for the couples, but for the experts dealing with couples in crisis as well. The authors believe that integration of multiple levels in the assessment of a couple (from intrapsychic to the relational), as well as different approaches in couples therapy today, are a necessity which requires significant flexibility to go along with the knowledge and experience of the therapists themselves. This book is meant for experts of the new age who are working with couples (psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, etc.), taking into account contemporary partner themes and gives guidelines for professional and personal development of an expert faced with the challenges of the individual, relational and cultural context in a partner dynamic and the therapeutic approach of a couple. The authors have a rich clinical history of practice in working with individuals, individual psychopathology, working with couples, and the education and training of students of medicine, psychology and education in systematic family therapy. Apart from that, the authors are university professors, as well as authors of numerous publications printed in foreign and domestic magazines as well as university textbooks, with decades of experience working in a common multidiscipline team.

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Book SynopsisThis book would not have been possible without the existence of that brilliant, vivid, bright, superb, wonderful, luminous, radiant, and very beautiful person whom the authors simply refer to as ''Mum'', or in their Aramaic (Syriac) language, ÜÜ Ü. Their mother was always there for them as they went through the highs and lows of their lives, always encouraging and helping them throughout her life, and this help continued even when the authors became adults. She continued to be a source of great help until she answered God''s call and went into her eternal sleep on that Wednesday afternoon in March of 2016. This book is written by her five children and is an attempt to keep o Bathqyomo Marine Khoury-Issa''s memory alive. The idea of this book came to the authors as they remembered that their mother usually encouraged them to pursue their dreams, and she (together with their father) worked very hard to help them reach different milestones in their lives despite the immense difficulties that they faced. Therefore, the authors thought of sharing with others through the pages of this book some of what their mother had taught them, how she made them aware of the plight of everyone around them. Indeed, what their mother used to do throughout her life came naturally and was welcomed by all. Her children felt the way she dealt with them and all those whom she knew was something unique to her, as it came directly from her beautiful heart and delightful soul. It was the magic of her beautiful smile, the kindness of her heart and the selfless actions that she was known for, as she felt being an Orthodox priest''s wife has immense responsibilities of being with the happy, the grieving, the sick, the gravely ill, the displaced, those who belonged to her church and others from outside the church, providing for all of them in a way that was calm, comforting and seamless. Their mother hailed from Mesopotamia, "the land between the two rivers". Mesopotamia is the place that is referred to as the "Cradle of Western Civilization". Therefore, it is worthwhile to mention in this book some of the literature that talks about this great civilization that their parents brought them nearer to by what they taught, told and asked the authors to read in history books. The recipes included in this book were taught to the authors by their mother, and thus have a Mesopotamian origin. This book is dedicated to the authors'' mother, Bathqyomo Marine Khoury-Issa, with her unique characteristics as a spouse, mother and matriarch of the Issa family. Her care put continues to exist in the food she used to cook (both main dishes and sweets), the care she gave to the garden, the way she faced life and the way she welcomed people into her home and family.

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Book SynopsisThe contemporary family is being distracted, disturbed and distraught by societal pressures from every direction. The nuclear family concept, believed crucial to child rearing, is becoming passé according to census data. Or has the wave of disruption to families crested? It is hoped that this bibliography will serve as a useful tool to researchers seeking further information on families and the pressures being exerted upon them in the 21st century.

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Book SynopsisRecent years have seen a dramatic increase in children born out of wedlock. Such a situation is of great concern because the poorest demographic group in America is children in single-parent families, which puts great strain on the welfare rolls and adversely impacts the economy. And one should not neglect the influence on the children, who often go through life without a father. Everyone who fathers a child is obligated to at least contribute financially to child support, rather than dodge that responsibility. Consequently, the government has increased its efforts in child support enforcement by establishing paternities through DNA tests and attempting, with the aid of state and local agencies, to apprehend so-called ''dead-beat dads''. This book presents background information on paternity establishment and its process, while describing several relevant federal programs and policy options. Included are analyses of genetic testing and the legislative history of this issue. With the increase in single-parent families and the problems they face, the topic of paternity establishment holds great importance to today''s society, and this book is a valuable tool in understanding the facts around the issue.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on family relations which is a cross-disciplinary field involving psychology, sociology, philosophy, education, and comparative cultural issues.

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Book SynopsisFamily relations is a cross-disciplinary field involving psychology, sociology, philosophy, education, and comparative cultural issues. This book focuses on recent developments in the field.

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Book SynopsisThis new book presents the latest analyses on family relations which is a cross-disciplinary field involving psychology, sociology, philosophy, education, and comparative cultural issues. The 21st century has brought the family unit under tremendous stress with the advent of the internet, cell phones and a steep drop in morality.

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Book SynopsisIn developed countries many families live in poverty and other vulnerable conditions, having low quality of life and suffering from social exclusion. This constitutes a major social, political and citizenship concern, which stresses the reformulation and rethinking of the support and actions towards improving these families quality of life in all levels: macro - national and international policies; meso -- institutions organisation and support programs; micro - communities, professionals and citizens. This book focus mainly on the micro level, especially highlighting research and practice guidelines for social and community interventions which have shown to be effective in strengthening these families.

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Book SynopsisNearly half of states have laws that explicitly permit the state child welfare system to continue providing foster care for children beyond the age of majority (usually no later than 19). However, the number of states that actually facilitate youth remaining in care beyond their 18th or 19th birthdays is significantly smaller. Over 20,000 young people have been emancipated from foster care annually from FY2002 through FY2006. While most young people have access to emotional and financial support systems throughout their early adult years, older youth in care and those who age out of care often face obstacles to developing independent living skills and building supports that ease the transition to adulthood. Older foster youth who return to their parents or guardians may continue to experience poor family dynamics or a lack of emotional and financial supports, and studies have shown that recently emancipated foster youth fare poorly relative to their counterparts in the general population on several outcome measures. Recognising the difficulties faced by older youth in care and youth emancipating from foster care, Congress created a new Independent Living initiative (P.L. 99-272)in 1986 to assist certain older foster youth as they enter adulthood. The legislation authorised mandatory funding to states under a new Section 477 of the Social Security Act. In 1999, the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Act (P.L. 106-169) replaced the Independent Living Program with the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) and doubled the total annual funds available to states from $70 million to $140 million. The law also expanded the population of youth eligible to receive independent living services - with no lower age limit - and gave states greater flexibility in designing independent living programs. Independent living services can refer to assistance in obtaining a high school diploma, training in daily living skills, and training in financial management, among other services. Amendments to the CFCIP in FY2002 (P.L. 107-133) authorised discretionary funding for states to provide education and training vouchers to eligible youth. Along with the CFCIP, federal child welfare law and other federal programs are intended to help older current youth in care and foster care alumni make the transition to adulthood. The federal foster care program has protections in place to ensure that older youth in care have a written case plan that addresses the programs and services that will assist in this transition, among other supports. Further, federal law authorises funding for states to provide workforce assistance and housing to older foster youth. Despite these efforts and the resilience displayed by current and former foster youth, policymakers and child welfare practitioners have suggested that at a minimum, young people need better support to build stronger connections with caring adults before leaving foster care and should have the option to remain in care upon reaching their 18th or 19th birthdays.

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to help provide an understanding of the relationship between the elderly generation and the multigenerational families they belong to through an analysis of family and individual development in later life and a study of the structural and functional complexion of the multigenerational family (the basic unit of analysis). The increase of life expectancy and the consequent later ageing of the population is making Western families undergo considerable changes. The demographic ageing of societies is increasing the number of living generations and decreasing the number of living relatives within these generations. These ageing societies are also seeing a changing of some traditional life-transitions, such as individuals delaying economic independence from parents, marriage or long-term cohabitation, as well as parenting. Themes discussed in this book are: 1. multigenerational families are now commonplace in the western countries; 2. legacies and inheritance are an important theme for the integrity of families in later lives (since the increase of welfare-states, the economic importance of inheritance decreases); 3. a substantial proportion of elderly persons and their families live in poverty, having to deal with the diminishing of their sensorial and physical capacities, as well as lower income and higher medical expenses; 4. families have to combine the care-giving of elderly relatives with the care-taking of their own children and a professional career; 5. counselling becomes an important factor for older adults since many families issue then arise.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores issues of race in regard to establishing a viable system of foster care for today''s African American youth. Thirty-three states have cited high rates of poverty among African Americans as a factor influencing children''s entry into foster care. African American children also stay in foster care longer, in part, because of a greater reliance on relatives to provide foster care. While states viewed some federal policies as helpful for reducing the proportion of African American children in foster care, they also expressed concerns regarding policies that limit the use of federal funds for services to prevent the removal of children in the first place and to place children with legal guardians. States also expressed concerns that federal funding emphasised finding permanent homes for children after they had been removed. This book aims to resolve the difficult issues of establishing new guidelines for foster care in the unique cases of so many African American children. This book consists of public domain documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.

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