Families in Global Perspective
Published on 12. August 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-205-33574-9 (ISBN)
Description
This edited reader, with contributions from experts on families in various countries, documents and explains family life and practices throughout the world, including preindustrial, developing, fully industrialized, and postmodern information societies. Each article is organized around a set of similar themes and concerns: socio-historical and demographic information about the families being studied, religious and cultural beliefs tied to family practices, husband-wife/parent roles and responsibilities, parent-child socialization, and policy initiatives within that society. The opening chapters provide a theoretical overview and a basis for examining family changes and organization patterns from evolutionary and postmodern perspectives.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-33574-9 (9780205335749)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Content
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
1. Families in Global Perspective: An Introduction, Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Uwe P. Gielen.
2. Families: An Evolutionary Anthropological Perspective, Bobbi S. Low.
3. (Post) Modern Families, Louise B. Silverstein and Carl F. Auerbach.
ASIA AND OCEANIA.
4. The Family in Mainland China: Structure, Organization, and Significance for Child Development, Xinjin Chen and Yunfeng He.
5. The Changing Japanese Family: A Psychological Portrait, Takashi Naito and Uwe P. Gielen.
6. Changing Patterns of Family Life in India, Pittu Laungani. 7. Families in Indonesia, Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono.
8. Family Development in Two Island Cultures in the Changing Pacific, Mary Martini.
MIDDLE EAST.
9. Egyptian Families, Ramadan A. Ahmed.
10. Contemporary Turkish Families, Diane Sunar & Guler Okman Fisek.
11. Familism, Post-Modernity, and the State: The Case of Israel, Sylvie Fogiel-Bijaoui.
EUROPE.
12. Families in Greece, James Georgas, Tsabika Bafiti, Kostas Mylonas, & Litsa Papademou. 13. The Italian Family: Past and Present, Anna Laura Comunian. 14. The German Family-Families in Germany, Heidi Keller, Ulrike Zach, & Monika Abels. 15. Norwegian Families from a Sociocultural Perspective: A Challenge to Therapeutic Theory and Practice, Wencke J. Seltzer. 16. The Russian Family, Eric Shiraev & Julia Gradskova.
THE AMERICAS.
17. Marriages and Families in the United States of America, Brent C. Miller, Spencer C. Leavitt, Junius K. Merrill, & Kyung-Eun Park. 18. Caribbean Families in English-Speaking Countries: A Rather Complex Mosaic, Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Pauline Bynoe, Ronald Singh, & Rommel Simon. 19. Families in Brazil, L.-A. Rebhun.
AFRICA.
20. Families in Central Africa: A Comparison of Bofi Farmers and Forager Families, Hillary N. Fouts. 21. Family Life in South Africa, Engela Pretorious.
Preface
1. Families in Global Perspective: An Introduction, Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Uwe P. Gielen.
2. Families: An Evolutionary Anthropological Perspective, Bobbi S. Low.
3. (Post) Modern Families, Louise B. Silverstein and Carl F. Auerbach.
ASIA AND OCEANIA.
4. The Family in Mainland China: Structure, Organization, and Significance for Child Development, Xinjin Chen and Yunfeng He.
5. The Changing Japanese Family: A Psychological Portrait, Takashi Naito and Uwe P. Gielen.
6. Changing Patterns of Family Life in India, Pittu Laungani. 7. Families in Indonesia, Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono.
8. Family Development in Two Island Cultures in the Changing Pacific, Mary Martini.
MIDDLE EAST.
9. Egyptian Families, Ramadan A. Ahmed.
10. Contemporary Turkish Families, Diane Sunar & Guler Okman Fisek.
11. Familism, Post-Modernity, and the State: The Case of Israel, Sylvie Fogiel-Bijaoui.
EUROPE.
12. Families in Greece, James Georgas, Tsabika Bafiti, Kostas Mylonas, & Litsa Papademou. 13. The Italian Family: Past and Present, Anna Laura Comunian. 14. The German Family-Families in Germany, Heidi Keller, Ulrike Zach, & Monika Abels. 15. Norwegian Families from a Sociocultural Perspective: A Challenge to Therapeutic Theory and Practice, Wencke J. Seltzer. 16. The Russian Family, Eric Shiraev & Julia Gradskova.
THE AMERICAS.
17. Marriages and Families in the United States of America, Brent C. Miller, Spencer C. Leavitt, Junius K. Merrill, & Kyung-Eun Park. 18. Caribbean Families in English-Speaking Countries: A Rather Complex Mosaic, Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Pauline Bynoe, Ronald Singh, & Rommel Simon. 19. Families in Brazil, L.-A. Rebhun.
AFRICA.
20. Families in Central Africa: A Comparison of Bofi Farmers and Forager Families, Hillary N. Fouts. 21. Family Life in South Africa, Engela Pretorious.