Sociology: family and relationships

There have long been doubts within social work about the viability of reconciling participatory practice with the statutory power that comes hand-in-hand with child protection work.

This book presents for the first time in English language an overview of the research done in Brazil in the field of studies of children's play.

This volume explores how Irish children were 'constructed' by various actors including the state, youth organisations, authors and publishers in the period before and after Ireland gained independence in 1922.

This edited volume provides a critical account of the theories and policies that have informed work in the field of early childhood and explores how they have operated in practice.

This edited volume examines child exploitation in the Global South.

This book proposes new perspectives on relational wellness and the contemporary family-combining a psychoanalytic overview with scientific research about the burgeoning popularity of divorce, the increase in "e;stepfamilies,"e; and the use of social networks as well as other technologies.

This book describes children and youth on the one hand and parents on the other within the newly configured worlds of transnational families.

This book examines how young people in Europe construct their political identities.

This book explores novel aspects of transnational family research through the study of Romanian transnational families.

This research-to-practice volume grounds clinicians in a robust, culturally-informed framework for conducting effective therapy with Asian-American couples, families, and individuals.

This collection explores mobile childhoods: from Latvia and Estonia to Finland; from Latvia to the United Kingdom; from Russia to Finland; and cyclical mobility by the Roma between Romania and Finland.

This book examines the processes for social integration and social cohesion among young people, drawing on data collected from the International Self-Report Delinquency (ISRD) study, which covered 35 studies.

This volume explores the recent 'adolescent turn' in contemporary Latin American cinema, challenging many of the underlying assumptions about the nature of youth and distinguishing adolescence as a distinct and vital area of study.

The volume is the first to take a life-course approach to the study of domestic work in Italy.

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

This book explains and theorises the ways in which family policy instruments come to shape the routine care arrangements of young children.

This timely update presents modern directions in systemic therapy practice with couples and families, focusing on clinical innovations from Italy, Portugal, and Spain.

This expansive reference examines the many types of Family Life Education (FLE) programs being offered around the world, reflecting a myriad of cultures and contexts.

This book provides a detailed ethnographic account of the lives and experiences of a group of male, university-based academy cricketers transitioning into (and away from) professional sport.

This volume documents the life uncertainties revealed by migrants' biographies.

This book uses personal memoir to examine links between private trauma and the socio-cultural approach to death and memory developed within Death Studies.

This book analyses the current state-of-the-art research on families, working hours and well-being in Europe, addressing both paid and non-paid work from a family perspective, and introducing emerging issues related to working hours and family life.

How do Chinese, Japanese and Korean mothers in Britain make sense of their motherhood and employment?

This book analyses the relationship between youth and participation, looking specifically at those repertories of involvement that are commonly clustered under the concept of "e;unconventional political participation"e;.

This book is about Italian American women, food, identity, and our stories at the table.

Do people make friends with those who are culturally and socially different to themselves?

Focusing on children's citizenship, participation and rights, this edited collection draws on the work of a number of leading scholars in the sociology of childhood.

"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 edited collection explores the concept of social entrepreneurship in sport, examining how it has been used in Swedish society to date.

This volume engages the interface between the development of human lives and social relational networks.

Family Group Conferences are seen as a progressive and influential form of practice in child welfare across the globe.

This book examines community group settings for young men who are fathers, with particular emphasis on the role of gender within the groups and the possibilities of such groups for the 'un-doing' of gender.

This insightful volume presents important new findings about parenting and parent-child relationships in ethnic and racial minority immigrant families.

The ageing of our population is a key societal issue across the globe.

Adoption in the Digital Age explores the transformation of adoption due to social and digital media technologies.

This book is centered on the history of the girl from the medieval period through to the early twenty-first century.

This unique reference integrates knowledge culled from fifteen years of U.

This landmark text describes research-informed practices and applications of Medical Family Therapy (MedFT) across a range of care environments and clinical populations (e.

By examining cultural consumption, tastes and imaginaries as a means of relating to the world, this book describes the effects of globalization on young people from an aesthetic and cultural perspective.

This edited collection outlines the issues central to youth engagement in research and social innovation.

This book introduces the Relational Learning Framework (RLF), an assessment tool which helps foster care practitioners, social workers and foster carers to examine what foster children have learned in their early life about relationships and particularly through maltreatment.

This book presents the findings of a recent interview-based study of how 28 young adults living in Melbourne, Australia viewed and related to both the personal and societal future.

This edited collection explores the intersectionality of childhood and disability.

This book explores the significance and meaning of the countryside within mid-twentieth century youth movements.

This book views Romantic literature's discourses of childhood, education, and reproduction through the eyes of four early nineteenth-century British authors who were uniquely implicated in those discourses.

This book presents the results of researches conducted with children and youth at risk for over 20 years in Brazil.

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.

This book focuses on the social and intersectional determinants of mental health among youth.

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

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