Sociology: family and relationships

Child maltreatment professionals from all disciplines struggle to find better ways of understanding and treating the families and children affected by maltreatment.

The twentieth century was, by any reckoning, the age of the child in America.

Taking Charge is the first empirically tested program of its kind, designed specifically to improve academic achievement and self-sufficiency for adolescent and teenage mothers, who face increased risk of dropping out and experiencing poverty.

Violence in the home is one of the most damaging and widespread of social problems.

Exposing Men examines how ideals of masculinity have long skewed our societal--and scientific--understanding of one of the pillars of male identity: reproductive health.

This book brings to life the lost voices of ordinary Venetians during the age of Catholic revival.

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We've come a long way since the classic book The Organization Man first introduced the "e;ideal"e; 2-person career--a full-time male breadwinner and a stay-at-home wife.

This book is the product of a multi-year initiative, sponsored by the Division of Family Psychology (43) of the American Psychological Association, the Family Institute at Northwestern University, Oxford University Press, and Northwestern University, to bring together the leading researchers in family psychology in five major areas of great social and health relevance -- good marriage, depression, divorce and remarriage, partner violence, and families and physical health.

Surgery and pharmaceuticals are not the only effective procedures we have to improve our health.

According to the United Nations' latest data, the United States has more children living in poverty than any other industrialized nation in the world.

In Conjugal Union, Robert F.

The history of the British working classes has until recently been written with a focus on the workplace or on such male organizations as clubs, unions, or national political parties.

Traumatic Divorce and Separation integrates the conflicting mental health perspectives concerning trauma theory and the study of divorce, in what the author has termed "e;traumatic divorce"e; -- that is, divorce complicated by the high-risk factors of domestic violence, mental illness, and/or substance abuse.

Traumatic Divorce and Separation integrates the conflicting mental health perspectives concerning trauma theory and the study of divorce, in what the author has termed "e;traumatic divorce"e; -- that is, divorce complicated by the high-risk factors of domestic violence, mental illness, and/or substance abuse.

An increasing number of families around the world are now living apart from one another, subsequently causing the defining and redefining of their relationships, roles within the family unit, and how to effectively maintain a sense of familial cohesion through distance.

Homeward Bound shows that as family structure becomes more complex, so too does elder care, and existing institutions and legal approaches are not prepared to handle those complexities.

Homeward Bound shows that as family structure becomes more complex, so too does elder care, and existing institutions and legal approaches are not prepared to handle those complexities.

Rape in marriage is a global problem affecting millions of women -- it is still legal in many countries and was only criminalized in all U.

Rape in marriage is a global problem affecting millions of women -- it is still legal in many countries and was only criminalized in all U.

Karen Tracy examines the identity-work of judges and attorneys in state supreme courts as they debated the legality of existing marriage laws.

Exploring the connection between families and inequality, Failure to Flourish: How Law Undermines Family Relationships argues that the legal regulation of families stands fundamentally at odds with the needs of families.

This book examines requests for action in everyday contexts by analyzing natural video-recorded data of everyday interaction in British English and Polish families.

The typical American family has changed dramatically since the days of "e;Ozzie and Harriet"e; and "e;Father Knows Best.

Much has been made of the complex social arrangements that girls and women navigate, but little scholarly or popular attention has focused on what friendship means to men.

In the last half-century, radical changes have rippled through the workplace and the home from Boston to Bombay.

A new examination of how and why American religious parents seek to pass on religion to their childrenThe most important influence shaping the religious and spiritual lives of children, youth, and teenagers is their parents.

A new examination of how and why American religious parents seek to pass on religion to their childrenThe most important influence shaping the religious and spiritual lives of children, youth, and teenagers is their parents.

Marriage has come a long way since biblical times.

Marriage has come a long way since biblical times.

The expectation for fathers to be more involved with parenting their children and pitching in at home are higher than ever, yet broad social, political, and economic changes have made it more difficult for low-income men to be fathers.

The expectation for fathers to be more involved with parenting their children and pitching in at home are higher than ever, yet broad social, political, and economic changes have made it more difficult for low-income men to be fathers.

US families have been pushed to the wall.

US families have been pushed to the wall.

The teenage years.

The teenage years.

A Sunday Telegraph and Times Higher Education 'Book of the Week', Deborah Cohen's Family Secrets is a gripping book about what families - Victorian and modern - try to hide, and why.

Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain.

A moving, cross-national account of working mothers' daily lives-and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve themThe work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis.

Biologists have known for decades that many traits involved in competition for mates or other resources and that influence mate choice are exaggerated, and their expression is influenced by the individuals' ability to tolerate a variety of environmental and social stressors.

Discover the New Dimensions of LoveIn a world where a swipe could lead to your soulmate, how does one navigate the labyrinth of modern romance effectively?

This book makes a unique contribution to contemporary research into masculinities, men's movements, and fathers' rights groups.

This book provides an insight into girls' cultural identities and young femininities through an understanding of tween girls' dressing in Singapore.

This edited book empirically discusses stratification in contemporary Japanese society.

A poignant account of everyday polygamy and what its regulation reveals about who is viewed as an "e;Other"e;In the past thirty years, polygamy has become a flashpoint of conflict as Western governments attempt to regulate certain cultural and religious practices that challenge seemingly central principles of family and justice.

This edited volume offers a critical, thorough, and interdisciplinary examination of arguments for eliminating the minimum democratic voting age.

This handbook provides an overview of developments in the youth mobility and migration research field, with specific emphasis on movement for education, work and training purposes, encompassing exchanges sponsored by institutions, governments and international agencies, and free movement.

This book presents a critical analysis and examination of the major theories and social issues in the social construction of aging and death.

Social workers need to work with fathers across many service systems, but lack guidance on how to do so, and most engagement, assessment, and intervention work for family-serving systems is mother- and child-focused.