Sociology: family and relationships

This book increases the awareness of youth political agency and how it relates to adults, governments, communities, and local and global discourse.

The new edition of this established core textbook continues to give an insightful, authoritative and accessible overview of competing theoretical positions on the sociological study of childhood.

Regulating Sexuality: Legal Consciousness in Lesbian and Gay Lives explores the impact that recent seismic shifts in the legal landscape have had for lesbians and gay men.

This book explores how children engage with sex and sexuality.

This book examines the demographic development of Russia from the late Russian Empire to the contemporary Russian Federation, and includes discussions of marriage patterns, fertility, mortality, and inter-regional migration.

This book addresses how best to meet everyday challenges.

This book explores the daily mobilities and immobilities of children and young people in sub-Saharan Africa.

This book examines the working lives, retirement plans, and old age experiences of three generations of gay men born 1924-86.

This edited collection by leading Australian Aboriginal scholars uses data from the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) to explore how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are growing up in contemporary Australia.

Falling somewhere between childhood and adulthood, 'Youth' is a key period of transition.

This pioneering collection provides, for the first time, an international and transdisciplinary reflection on youth, history and queer sexualities and genders.

Doctor-turned-pastor Scott Vaudrey shows readers how to have stronger, more meaningful relationships by mastering the balance between building bridges and setting boundaries.

The Victorians were passionate about family.

A comprehensive treatise on the dynamic and adaptive problems which children and families encounter in their experiences of separation and divorce.

In 2003 the then Prime Minister of Australia John Howard announced an inquiry into family law and joint custody, otherwise known as shared parenting, Family law was the countrys single most controversial area of law.

Community service and learning experiences are booming as we enter the 21st century.

Many single woman-married man relationships are characterized by such recognizable, even stereotypic, interactions and run such a predictable course as to constitute a genuine syndrome.

Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child bride with the mores and practices of the distant past.

Esther Menaker sees the ego as an evolutionary achievement emerging from the relational matrix of mother and child and the product of numerous psychosocial forces.

Reminding women that motherhood is an option, not a given (much less an instinct), New York psychotherapist Phyllis Ziman Tobin contends that choosing to be or not to be a mother is the defining rite of passage for today's woman.

This is a comprehensive clinical resource for addiction counselors who want to learn about the psychological components of the problem, for individual therapists-dynamic, cognitive, and behavioral-who want to understand systems approaches in order to draw on a broader repertoire of useful interventions, and for couple and family therapists who want to learn more about the intrapsychic, biological, and pharmacological aspects of addiction.

Adding to the burgeoning study of medicine and science in Latin America, this important book offers a comprehensive historical perspective on the highly contentious issues of sexual and reproductive health in an important Andean nation.

China's patrilineal and patriarchal tradition has encouraged a long-standing preference for male heirs within families.

It's no secret that tens of thousands of Chinese children have been adopted by American parents and that Western aid organizations have invested in helping orphans in China-but why have Chinese authorities allowed this exchange, and what does it reveal about processes of globalization?

Recent decades have witnessed major changes in gender roles and family patterns, as well as a falling birth rate in Ireland and the rest of Europe.

Global inequalities make it difficult for parents in developing nations to provide for their children.

Recent decades have witnessed major changes in gender roles and family patterns, as well as a falling birth rate in Ireland and the rest of Europe.

In the Philippines, a dramatic increase in labor migration has created a large population of transnational migrant families.

Is parents' power over their children legitimate?

Commercial dating agencies that facilitate marriages across national borders comprise a $2.

When your kids are giving you a hard time when it comes to responsibilities and assignments at home, then this book is perfect for you.

What are the traditions and special family celebrations that you celebrate in your part of the world?

Have you ever paused to wonder what life was like in the ancient times?

With a relatively recent rapid increase in international marriages, Korea provides a fascinating case study in cross-cultural pastoral care at a time of increasing global movement and migration.

Johnson explores the concept of the Beloved - the elusive, alluring force that beckons us forth to passionate engagement with the world - and shows how our sense of love is often linked to something far greater than ourselves.

"e;The ugly wife is a treasure at home"e; is not just an idle expression in China.

Bringing together the latest research and theory about a child's inner world and the impact of the world around them, this is a guide to understanding and responding to the emotional needs of traumatised children.

This fun and engaging activity book helps to teach teens to manage emotions and develop relationships by tracking their progress using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) techniques.

Sharon Shoesmith was Director of Children's Services for Haringey in 2007 at the time of the death of Peter Connelly, also known as 'Baby P'.

Effective clinical practice requires a thorough understanding of how turning points surface in the play therapy process.

The scale of the Rotherham child protection scandal has led professionals responsible for safeguarding children in other regions to recognise the extent of child abuse in their area and consider how to respond efficiently.

In The Good Book of Mental Hygiene, expect insight, humor, healing, and a human perspective on all thought-based disorders.

Around the globe, families are often faced with a variety of health issues, often as a result of social, political, religious, and economic forces.

Helping vulnerable children and young people to build protective behaviours is the key to keeping them safe.

This volume will focus on innovative research that examines how the nature of paid work intersects with family and personal life today.

Combining contemporary research with practice findings, this book shows how we can improve the mental health of children in care.

Around the globe, families are often faced with a variety of health issues, often as a result of social, political, religious, and economic forces.

As social scientists, we are called to investigate society.

Demonstrating how the law and statutory guidance applies in practice, this book is a critical account of current family justice policy and practice.

Written by experienced clinicians, this book provides an exploration of how educators can easily use Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP) to help vulnerable pupils to thrive.