Judith (Hrsg.) Treas

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families

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Unprecedented social changes are taking place that pose new challenges for families. The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families brings together a collection of original essays that investigate partnering , parenting and families against the backdrop of rapid social change brought about by globalization, contested cultural values, severe economic shocks, new technologies, and widespread rethinking of welfare state protection for families today.Written by a team of leading researchers from five continents, these newly-commissioned essays maintain a focus on family inequality and diversity over the life course while offering fres… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Scott, Jacqueline (Hrsg.) / Richards, Martin (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-470-67353-9
EAN: 9780470673539
Produktnummer: 16636403
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 600 S.
Masse: H25.2 cm x B17.6 cm x D3.2 cm 1'026 g
Gewicht: 1026
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

Judith Treas is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Demographic and Social Analysis at the University of California, Irvine. Her latest book, edited with Sonja Drobniè, is Dividing the Domestic: Women, Men and Household Work in Cross-National Perspective (2010).Jacqueline Scott is Professor of Empirical Sociology in the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies, and a Fellow of Queens' College, University of Cambridge. Dr Scott is the editor of Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century: New Barriers and Continuing Constraints (with Rosemary Crompton and Clare Lyonette, 2010) and Women and Employment: Changing Lives and New Challenges (with Shirley Dex and Heather Joshi, 2009).Martin Richards is Emeritus Professor of Family Ressearch, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge. His recent books include Reproductive Donation: Practice, Policy and Bioethics (edited with Guido Pennings and John B. Appleby, 2012) and We are Family?Relatedness in Assisted Reproduction: Families, Origins and Identitie (edited with Tabitha Freeman, Fatemeh Ebtehaj, and Susanna Graham, 2014).