Illustrating the fascinating intersections of online media and new kinship, this book presents a study of the increasing numbers of single women and lesbian couples reproducing by using donor sperm.
This new edition of From Birth to Sixteen outlines children's physical, social, emotional and cognitive development from infancy through to adolescence.
This new edition of From Birth to Sixteen outlines children's physical, social, emotional and cognitive development from infancy through to adolescence.
This book explores the concept of the 'postmaternal' as a response to changing cultural, political and economic conditions for motherhood and responds to Julie Stephens' contention that gender-neutral feminism has led to a forgetting of the maternal within feminist memory.
This book explores the concept of the 'postmaternal' as a response to changing cultural, political and economic conditions for motherhood and responds to Julie Stephens' contention that gender-neutral feminism has led to a forgetting of the maternal within feminist memory.
Teenage pregnancy is seen as a problem by researchers and policymakers alike all over the world, but particularly so in the context of developing countries.
Teenage pregnancy is seen as a problem by researchers and policymakers alike all over the world, but particularly so in the context of developing countries.
This book depicts the evolution of Singapore's family and population landscape in the last half a century, the related public policies, and future challenges.
This book depicts the evolution of Singapore's family and population landscape in the last half a century, the related public policies, and future challenges.
Originally published in 1969, Comparability in Social Research is a collection of essays from the British Sociological Association and Social Science Research Council.
Originally published in 1969, Comparability in Social Research is a collection of essays from the British Sociological Association and Social Science Research Council.
Originally published in 1974, The Social Analysis of Class Structure is an edited collection addressing class formation and class relations in industrial society.
Originally published in 1974, The Social Analysis of Class Structure is an edited collection addressing class formation and class relations in industrial society.
There have been a number of social, political and economic shifts that have played a major role in constraining, enriching, mediating and altering everyday family interactions and family practices.
The Routledge International Handbook of Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health is the authoritative reference work on important, leading-edge developments in the domains of women's sexual and reproductive health.
The Routledge International Handbook of Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health is the authoritative reference work on important, leading-edge developments in the domains of women's sexual and reproductive health.
Despite the messages we hear from social scientists, policymakers, and the media, black Americans do in fact get married-and many of these marriages last for decades.
Despite the messages we hear from social scientists, policymakers, and the media, black Americans do in fact get married-and many of these marriages last for decades.
While the 'spatial turn' within the social sciences has already nurtured a broad discussion of the relation between society and space, little attention has so far been paid to the question of what we can learn about families when exploring space in its different facets.
While the 'spatial turn' within the social sciences has already nurtured a broad discussion of the relation between society and space, little attention has so far been paid to the question of what we can learn about families when exploring space in its different facets.
On the back of their last book, Cyber-risk and Youth, and building on a new research project, Adorjan and Ricciardelli marshal current research to explore parenting in the digital age.
Family Spending provides analysis of household expenditure broken down by age and income, household composition, socio-economic characteristics and geography.
How middle-class families in Nepal pursue "e;well-being"e; in a rapidly changing social landscapeModern Dharma asks how middle-class Nepalis pursue an ethical, good life in a rapidly evolving society.
Historically, children were often understood in relation to their development towards adulthood, but the 'new paradigm' of childhood studies has since shown how they should be taken more seriously as active participants in their own lives.
This book critically assesses the main features of the modernization of family life and personal relationships by examining and comparing three European countries with different social and political pathways: Portugal, Switzerland and Lithuania.
This book offers a rich ethnographic account of blue-collar workers' everyday life in a central Russian industrial town coping with simultaneous decline and the arrival of transnational corporations.
This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of 21st century families in Britain through an exploration of intergenerational relationships.
This volume about juvenile delinquency in the United States and United Kingdom includes a foreword, nine chapters organized in three parts, and an afterword.
Relating Intimacies contains papers presented at the 1997 British Sociological Association Conference which discuss contemporary research and theorizing with regard to intimate relationships.
Every mother and father is concerned about how to help her or his children to resist the temptations and pressures at school and amongst neighbourhood kids to get involved with petty crime or drugs.
In the context of a united Europe the influence of business knowledge has become increasingly relevant, as managers, employees and organisations have to learn new practices and techniques in response to new knowledge and institutions.
