Kernanliegen des Buches ist es, das Thema der gewollten und ungewollten Kinderlosigkeit fachlich konkreter zu trennen und das Phänomen der gewollten Kinderlosigkeit empirisch zu untersetzen.
This book comprehensively compares the development of population control policies in China and India, their implementations, and the population changes over the past seven decades.
First published in 1972, Motherless Families shows how, with the slow disappearance of the extended family and the support that it could offer in such situations, society has found itself responsible for lone-parent families.
This book explores the distinctive theoretical and methodological features associated with conducting ethical and respectful research with young families, along with its unique considerations and challenges.
Veteran clinicians offer a unique framework for understanding the psychological origins of behaviors typical of Alzheimer's and other dementias, and for providing appropriate care for patients as they decline.
First published in 1984, this groundbreaking title explores the concept of fatherhood, by following a hundred men who become fathers for the first time.
This book explores changes and continuations in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer lives, identities and spatial practices in the 21st century from around the globe, using a range of methods to connect pasts, places and policies with contemporary times, linking individual and social presences (and absences) affectively and materially.
Over the past quarter-century, the pace of family change in most Western countries has been extremely rapid; we have witnessed the substantial erosion of the traditional male-breadwinner, two-parent family form.
A truly interdisciplinary approach to this core subject within Forensic Science Combines essential theory with practical crime scene work Includes case studies Applicable to all time periods so has relevance for conventional archaeology, prehistory and anthropology Combines points of view from both established practitioners and young researchers to ensure relevance
This volume explores methods for studying child maltreatment in the context of neighborhoods and communities, given their importance in the lives of families.
An in-depth study of lesbian, bi, and queer women's experiences of thinking about and trying to become a parent, Beyond Expectation draws on eighty-two narrative interviews conducted during the late 1990s in British Columbia.
From best-selling relationship expert comes a common-sense guide to help you and your partner increase your emotional intelligence, teaching you practical ways to express your feelings and strengthen your relationship.
Das Buch liefert – erstmals im deutschsprachigen Raum – einen umfassenden wissenschaftlichen Beitrag zur Aufarbeitung sexualisierter Gewalt in einem Psychotherapieinstitut.
Every year migrants across the globe send more than $500 billion to relatives in their home countries, and this circulation of money has important personal, cultural, and emotional implications for the immigrants and their family members alike.
This volume brings together a selection of the most influential and informative English language refereed journal articles on children in out-of-home care, their birth relatives and carers.
This book draws on original material and approaches from the developing fields of the history of emotions and childhood studies and brings together scholars from history, literature and cultural studies, to reappraise how the early modern world reacted to the deaths of children.
Erna Dosch untersucht aus der Genderperspektive anhand von 30 biografisch-narrativen Interviews mit häuslich pflegenden (Ehe-)Partnern und Söhnen, wie diese in dem weiblich konnotierten Bereich der Pflege ihre Pflegearrangements gestalten.
This book presents an interplay of imaginative memoir-telling, action research data and future projection that reminds and inspires experiences academics, researchers, professionals, as well as a wider public to recognize the fundamental importance and the impellent need for more and better work in favour of true political and societal recognition of the needs and rights of children to play freely, to participate, to live fully and enjoy their neighbourhoods and cities, and to imagine and construct alternative futures, together with adults.
Originally published in 1986, reissued here with a new preface, this study of the origins and early development of family conciliation services in Britain outlines their philosophy, methods of work and reported results, illustrated with case examples.
Die Texte des Bandes beleuchten den Zusammenhang zwischen den gesellschaftlichen Verhältnissen und der privaten Lebensführung und loten aus, wo jene das Leben des Einzelnen beschränken, ihm aber auch Möglichkeiten eröffnen.