Key concepts in family studies [electronic book] / Jane Ribbens McCarthy and Rosalind Edwards.

By: Ribbens McCarthy, Jane [author].

Contributor(s): Edwards, Rosalind [author].

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BookSeries: SAGE key concepts: Publisher: London : SAGE Publications Limited, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: online resource ([223] pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781412920063 (paperback); 9781412920056 (hardback); 9781446209554 (e-book).Subject(s): Families

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Key Concepts in Family Studie′sindividual entries introduce, explain and contextualize the key topics within the study of the family. Definitions, summaries and key words are developed throughout with careful cross-referencing allowing students to move effortlessly between core ideas and themes.

Each entry provides:

* Clear definitions

* Lucid accounts of key issues

* Up-to-date suggestions for further reading

* Informative cross-referencing

Relevant, focused and accessible this book will provide students with an indispensible guide to the central concepts of family studies.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction.: Dawson Books. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Acknowledgements (p. vii)
Introduction (p. 1)
Attachment and Loss (p. 9)
Biology (p. 12)
Care (p. 17)
Child Development (p. 21)
Childhood/Children (p. 26)
Comparative Approaches (p. 30)
Conflict Theories (p. 34)
Coupledom: Marriage/Partnership/Cohabitation (p. 37)
Demography (p. 42)
Division of Labour (p. 46)
Domestic Violence and Abuse (p. 51)
Families of Choice (p. 56)
Family as Discourse (p. 58)
Family Change and Continuity (p. 62)
Family Effects (p. 66)
Family Forms (p. 70)
Family Law (p. 75)
Family Life Cycle and Life Course (p. 79)
Family Policies (p. 84)
Family Practices (p. 88)
Family Systems (p. 91)
Fatherhood/Fathers/Fathering (p. 95)
Feminisms (p. 99)
Functionalism (p. 103)
Grandparents (p. 106)
Home (p. 111)
Household (p. 115)
Individualization (p. 118)
Intimacy (p. 123)
Kinship (p. 126)
Motherhood/Mothers/Mothering (p. 131)
Negotiation (p. 135)
New Right (p. 138)
Parenthood/Parents/Parenting (p. 141)
Personal (p. 146)
Phenomenological Approaches (p. 149)
Post-Coupledom: Separation/Divorce/Widowhood (p. 153)
Power (p. 157)
Problem Families (p. 162)
Public and Private (p. 166)
Rationalities (p. 169)
Role Theory (p. 172)
Siblings (p. 176)
Social Divisions (p. 179)
Socialization (p. 184)
Transnational Families (p. 187)
Index of sub-concepts (p. 191)
References (p. 225)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Jane Ribbens McCarthy is Reader in Family Studies in the Department of Social Policy and Criminology at the Open University. Rosalind Edwards is Professor in Sociology at the University of Southampton.