Sociology: family and relationships

We think of our family life as very personal, but in fact it is shaped by influences well beyond our control.

First published in 1982, Making the Difference has become a classic in the study of education and of Australian society.

Desire is both of and beyond the everyday.

In this book, leading authorities on the family show how families, parents, and children have been affected by changing patterns of marriage and cohabitation.

Considering the effects of a Catholic heritage on families as a whole and on individuals within families, William Sander looks at the patterns of marriage and intermarriage, divorce, and fertility.

** PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST 2025 **The story of a mother grieving the sudden loss of her twenty-one-year-old child from the bestselling memoirist of Don t Let s Go to the Dogs Tonight Truly extraordinary HELEN MACDONALD A mesmeric celebration.

Surrogate Motherhood: Conception in the Heart is a compelling account written with analytical clarity and remarkable compassion.

This book argues for the applicability of a materialist mode of production analysis to the situation of women in Africa.

Using a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives, the authors of this collection discuss women's power within the various sociocultural contexts in which women operate-such as the workplace, the family, and other interpersonal relationships-and the differential nature of women's power and influence over their life course.

This is the first book to systematically track postwar changes in family formation in Western Europe and the United States.

As more individuals delay having children or opt for childlessness, the question arises: What value do people place on children in contemporary U.

This book examines the Hungarian experiment to liberate women from servitude.

This book focuses on the economic decisions that must be made in the household.

It has been my pleasure to work with a distinguished, committed,and cooperative group of contributors to this volume.

Social and political attention often is focused on urban issues, neglecting the still-rural character of much of the United States.

This book explores the emergent relationship between food and family in contemporary China through an empirical case study of Guangzhou, a typical city, to understand the texture of everyday life in the new consumerist society.

This book explores the emergent relationship between food and family in contemporary China through an empirical case study of Guangzhou, a typical city, to understand the texture of everyday life in the new consumerist society.

Psychologically Informed Mediation explores the understanding of conflict and the use of a psychologically informed mediation approach to help resolve it.

Psychologically Informed Mediation explores the understanding of conflict and the use of a psychologically informed mediation approach to help resolve it.

The Boundaries of Mixedness tackles the burgeoning field of critical mixed race studies, bringing together research that spans five continents and more than ten countries.

The Boundaries of Mixedness tackles the burgeoning field of critical mixed race studies, bringing together research that spans five continents and more than ten countries.

Increasingly more conditions are now being identified as having a genetic component, and controversial new genetic technologies potentially have major consequences for social relations and self-identity.

The fertility rate has dramatically declined across Europe in recent years.

This book revisits Australian histories of refugee arrivals and settlement - with a particular focus on family and family life.

Forms of plural marriage, or polygamy, are practiced within most of the world's cultures and religions.

Increasingly more conditions are now being identified as having a genetic component, and controversial new genetic technologies potentially have major consequences for social relations and self-identity.

The fertility rate has dramatically declined across Europe in recent years.

In this ethnography of Krakowian society, Siobhan Magee explores essential questions on the relationship between fur and culture in Poland.

In this ethnography of Krakowian society, Siobhan Magee explores essential questions on the relationship between fur and culture in Poland.

Whilst the vast majority of recent research on identity and ethnicity amongst South Asians in Britain has focused upon younger people, this book deals with Bengali elders, the first generation of migrants from Sylhet, in Bangladesh.

When humans cooperate, what are the social and psychological mechanisms that enable them to do so successfully?

Although so much of the life we care about takes place at home, this private space often remains behind closed doors and is notoriously difficult for researchers to infiltrate.

Forms of plural marriage, or polygamy, are practiced within most of the world's cultures and religions.

Whilst the vast majority of recent research on identity and ethnicity amongst South Asians in Britain has focused upon younger people, this book deals with Bengali elders, the first generation of migrants from Sylhet, in Bangladesh.

When humans cooperate, what are the social and psychological mechanisms that enable them to do so successfully?

Although so much of the life we care about takes place at home, this private space often remains behind closed doors and is notoriously difficult for researchers to infiltrate.

This timely volume explores the impact of dramatic social change that has disrupted established patterns of family life and human development in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

This timely volume explores the impact of dramatic social change that has disrupted established patterns of family life and human development in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

This book critically examines the social, psychological and legal perspectives of justice.

This book critically examines the social, psychological and legal perspectives of justice.

This book grapples with the potential impacts of collective trauma in war-rape survivors' families.

This book grapples with the potential impacts of collective trauma in war-rape survivors' families.

Disturbing the Nest assesses the future of the family as an institution through an historical and comparative analysis of the nature, causes, and social implications of family change in advanced western societies such as the United States, New Zealand, and Switzerland by focusing on the one society in which family decline is found to be the greatest, Sweden.

This book documents the experiences of rural Iowa families, who lived through the "e;farm crisis"e; years of the 1980s, in a fashion that might help families of the future cope more successfully with economic reversals.

In this book, the author attempts to integrate previous work on Foucault with feminist theory.

In this book, Dr Heasman begins by stating some central questions and answers concerning sociology and how we are to set about studying society.

Drawn from Disability & Society over the period 1997-2012, the twelve chapters in this book address a range of personal, cultural and institutional arenas in which challenges experienced by disabled children are played out.

Smooth Sailing enhances our understanding of the family's transition through adolescence by examining qualitative data about the experiences of parents and teens across multiple relationships and social contexts.

This book revisits Australian histories of refugee arrivals and settlement - with a particular focus on family and family life.

This book provides a capsule description of what is known today about the particular aspect of grandparenting, whether it's gift-giving, adoption, travel, or discipline.