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Book Synopsis
Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume investigates modern-day family relationships, partnering, and parenting set against a backdrop of rapid social, economic, cultural, and technological change.

Table of Contents

Notes of Contributors viii

Preface xvi

Part I Global Perspectives on Families

1 Family Systems of the World: Are They Converging? 3
Göran Therborn

2 Changing European Families 20
Trude Lappegård

3 American Families: Demographic Trends and Social Class 43
Wendy D. Manning and Susan L. Brown

4 Family Change in East Asia 61
Yen-Chun Cheryl Chen and Jui-Chung Allen Li

5 Changes and Inequalities in Latin American Families 83
Irma Arriagada

Part II Diversity, Inequality, and Immigration

6 Same-Sex Families 109
Timothy J. Biblarz, Megan Carroll and Nathaniel Burke

7 Family Poverty 132
Rys Farthing

8 Transnational Families 155
Loretta Baldassar, Majella Kilkey, Laura Merla and Raelene Wilding

9 Ethnic Diversity in the United Kingdom: Family Forms and Conjugality 176
Alison Shaw

10 Immigrant Families and the Shifting Color Line in the United States 194
Karen D. Pyke

Part III Family Forms and Family Influences

11 Cohabitation: Recent Research and Implications 217
Rhiannon A. Kroeger and Pamela J. Smock

12 Partnerships, Family, and Personal Configurations 236
Eric D. Widmer

13 Health and Families 255
Deborah Carr, Kristen W. Springer and Kristi Williams

14 Religion and Families 277
Christopher G. Ellison and Xiaohe Xu

Part IV Family Processes

15 Divorce: Trends, Patterns, Causes, and Consequences 303
Juho Härkönen

16 Partner Violence in World Perspective 323
Emily M. Douglas, Denise A. Hines and Murray A. Straus

17 Money Management, Gender, and Households 344
Sean R. Lauer and Carrie Yodanis

18 Family Transmission of Social and Cultural Capital 361
Toby L. Parcel and Joshua A. Hendrix

Part V Life Course Perspectives

19 Adult Intergenerational Relationships 385
Matthijs Kalmijn

20 Children’s Families: A Child-Centered Perspective 404
Jacqueline Scott

21 Fathers and Fatherhood 424
Kevin M. Roy

22 Aging Families and the Gendered Life Course 444
Phyllis Moen, Jack Lam and Melanie N.G. Jackson

Part VI Families in Context

23 Public Policy and Families 467
Pernilla Tunberger and Wendy Sigle-Rushton

24 Family Policy and Wives’ Economic Independence 485
Hadas Mandel

25 Assisted Reproduction, Genetic and Genomic Technologies, and Family Life 508
Martin Richards

26 Sex, Family, and Social Change 52
Judith Treas and Thomas Alan Elliott

27 The Global Chaos of Love: Toward a Cosmopolitan Turn in the Sociology of Love and Families 547
Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim

Index 560

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 18/08/2017
      ISBN13: 9781119406037, 978-1119406037
      ISBN10: 111940603X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume investigates modern-day family relationships, partnering, and parenting set against a backdrop of rapid social, economic, cultural, and technological change.

      Table of Contents

      Notes of Contributors viii

      Preface xvi

      Part I Global Perspectives on Families

      1 Family Systems of the World: Are They Converging? 3
      Göran Therborn

      2 Changing European Families 20
      Trude Lappegård

      3 American Families: Demographic Trends and Social Class 43
      Wendy D. Manning and Susan L. Brown

      4 Family Change in East Asia 61
      Yen-Chun Cheryl Chen and Jui-Chung Allen Li

      5 Changes and Inequalities in Latin American Families 83
      Irma Arriagada

      Part II Diversity, Inequality, and Immigration

      6 Same-Sex Families 109
      Timothy J. Biblarz, Megan Carroll and Nathaniel Burke

      7 Family Poverty 132
      Rys Farthing

      8 Transnational Families 155
      Loretta Baldassar, Majella Kilkey, Laura Merla and Raelene Wilding

      9 Ethnic Diversity in the United Kingdom: Family Forms and Conjugality 176
      Alison Shaw

      10 Immigrant Families and the Shifting Color Line in the United States 194
      Karen D. Pyke

      Part III Family Forms and Family Influences

      11 Cohabitation: Recent Research and Implications 217
      Rhiannon A. Kroeger and Pamela J. Smock

      12 Partnerships, Family, and Personal Configurations 236
      Eric D. Widmer

      13 Health and Families 255
      Deborah Carr, Kristen W. Springer and Kristi Williams

      14 Religion and Families 277
      Christopher G. Ellison and Xiaohe Xu

      Part IV Family Processes

      15 Divorce: Trends, Patterns, Causes, and Consequences 303
      Juho Härkönen

      16 Partner Violence in World Perspective 323
      Emily M. Douglas, Denise A. Hines and Murray A. Straus

      17 Money Management, Gender, and Households 344
      Sean R. Lauer and Carrie Yodanis

      18 Family Transmission of Social and Cultural Capital 361
      Toby L. Parcel and Joshua A. Hendrix

      Part V Life Course Perspectives

      19 Adult Intergenerational Relationships 385
      Matthijs Kalmijn

      20 Children’s Families: A Child-Centered Perspective 404
      Jacqueline Scott

      21 Fathers and Fatherhood 424
      Kevin M. Roy

      22 Aging Families and the Gendered Life Course 444
      Phyllis Moen, Jack Lam and Melanie N.G. Jackson

      Part VI Families in Context

      23 Public Policy and Families 467
      Pernilla Tunberger and Wendy Sigle-Rushton

      24 Family Policy and Wives’ Economic Independence 485
      Hadas Mandel

      25 Assisted Reproduction, Genetic and Genomic Technologies, and Family Life 508
      Martin Richards

      26 Sex, Family, and Social Change 52
      Judith Treas and Thomas Alan Elliott

      27 The Global Chaos of Love: Toward a Cosmopolitan Turn in the Sociology of Love and Families 547
      Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim

      Index 560

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