Sociology: family and relationships

Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews from across Colombia-including former child guerillas, former hostages of the guerilla organization, mothers of child soldiers, and humanitarian aid workers- this volume explores the experiences of children involved with the Colombian guerilla group the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc).

This book draws together analysis of  class, gender, ethnicity and processes of migration in the context of family-school relationships.

"e;This text is a valuable new resource that we recommend for all of our professionals and are proud to incorporate as part of our AFC(R) certification program.

This book explores positive aging through the lens of precarity, aiming to ground positive aging theories in current social contexts.

This book presents an original contribution to the study of care and care work by addressing pressing issues in the field from a Latin American and intersectional perspective.

This comprehensive resource offers a detailed framework for fostering resilience in families caring for their older members.

This volume engages with the contested concept of 'active citizenship'.

This full-colour textbook offers a fresh conceptual approach to understanding the intersections of crime, criminal justice and family life.

This edited collection brings together two strands of current discussions in gender research through the concept of creativity.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the universal issue of toilet training in children and explores issues that need to be considered by clinicians and other professionals.

This unique volume advances the literature on sleep and health by illuminating the impacts of family dynamics on individuals' quality and quantity of sleep.

The second volume of this SpringerBrief presents a series of papers compiled from a conference addressing how after-school programs can promote positive youth development (PYD) hosted by Youth-Nex, the University of Virginia Center to Promote Effective Youth Development.

This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationship between community resilience and family resilience, identifying contributing factors on the micro-, meso-, and macro-level.

This brief examines the U.

This practical breakthrough introduces a robust framework for family and couples therapy specifically designed for working with difficult, entrenched, and court-mandated situations.

In the early decades of the twenty-first century, we are grappling with the legaciesof past centuries and their cascading effects upon children and all people.

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.

Childhood disabilities, particularly cognitive disabilities, are on the rise yet social programs and services to help US families respond to disabilities are not.

This research-to-practice manual introduces Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM), a feedback-based approach to preventing impasses and relapses in couple and family therapy as well as within other psychotherapy approaches.

This book will challenge the orthodox view that children cannot have the same rights as adults because they are particularly vulnerable.

This interdisciplinary volume offers theoretical, empirical,and practical insights into the strengths of families beset by chronic healthissues.

An in-depth look at how Muslim American organizations address domestic violence within their communitiesIn Peaceful Families, Juliane Hammer chronicles and examines the efforts, stories, arguments, and strategies of individuals and organizations doing Muslim anti-domestic violence work in the United States.

Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 52, includes chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the field of developmental psychology.

Elizabeth Packard's story is one of courage and accomplishment in the face of injustice and heartbreak.

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.

This book examines the use of violence by children and young people in family settings and proposes specialised and age-appropriate responses to these children and young people It interrogates the adequacy and effectiveness of current service and justice system responses, including analysis of police, court and specialist service responses.

This exciting new book advances current practice-based and theoretical knowledge around how youth defines and engages with consumerism to provoke a larger conversation within science and environmental education.

Each chapter provides in-depth discussions and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for Developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students.

Most of us are intuitively familiar with small social systems, such as families and soccer teams.

This book addresses the nature of intimacy and relationships in a time of what Eva Illouz characterizes as 'cold intimacies'.

Drawing from a study of courtship media and ethnographic work at purity retreats and home-school conventions across the Midwest, this is the first inquiry into modern Christian courtship, an alternative to dating that asks young people to avoid both romance and sex until they are ready to be married.

This book presents the method developed by Dr.

This book explores family-school partnerships and how they can be most effectively leveraged to ensure academic success for students from socioculturally diverse backgrounds.

This innovative book examines how family health and well-being have been impacted by increased alienation from the natural world and calls for greater incorporation of ecological issues into therapeutic practice.

A vivid and moving portrait of America's farm familiesFarming is essential to the American economy and our daily lives, yet few of us have much contact with farmers except through the food we eat.

The case for marriage equality and monogamy in a democratic societyThe institution of marriage stands at a critical juncture.

What exactly is hope and how does it influence our decisions?

After family violence, very young children and babies benefit from child-led therapy, but how do you achieve this?

The phenomenon of child trafficking holds a unique position as an issue of significant contemporary relevance, occupying a principal place in debates about human rights today.

This book examines the connections between policy, school experiences, and everyday activities of children growing up in the global city of Melbourne, Australia.

The empirical study of individuals' life-course is one of the most promising areas of research within sociology today.

An in-depth look at the lives of illegitimate children and their parents in England in the later Middle Ages.

An in-depth look at the lives of illegitimate children and their parents in England in the later Middle Ages.

This handbook compiles the most up-to-date research on transnational families.

The institution of the family is by far the most important of all the societal networks in which the lives of men, women and children are involved.

This book outlines the key findings from the ADVOST project and other international projects that examine how educational practitioners have utilised theoretical notions of voice and agency to enhance the social inclusion and wellbeing of children within their settings.

This book outlines the key findings from the ADVOST project and other international projects that examine how educational practitioners have utilised theoretical notions of voice and agency to enhance the social inclusion and wellbeing of children within their settings.

This unique text encourages young adults to reflect on their prospective longevity for setting goals and making decisions, become aware of the aspirations and concerns of other generations, and consider personal direction in relation to peer group norms.

This unique text encourages young adults to reflect on their prospective longevity for setting goals and making decisions, become aware of the aspirations and concerns of other generations, and consider personal direction in relation to peer group norms.