Key concepts in family studies / Jane Ribbens McCarthy, Rosalind Edwards.

Author/creator Ribbens McCarthy, Jane
Other author Edwards, Rosalind.
Format Book
Publication InfoLos Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2011.
Descriptionvii, 247 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Families.
Families--Research.

SeriesSAGE key concepts
SAGE key concepts. ^A586400
Contents Attachment and loss -- Biology -- Care -- Child development -- Childhood/children -- Comparative approaches -- Conflict theories -- Coupledom : marriage/partnership/cohabitation -- Demography -- Division of labour -- Domestic violence and abuse -- Families of choice -- Family as discourse -- Family change and continuity -- Family effects -- Family forms -- Family law -- Family life cycle and life course -- Family policies -- Family practices -- Family systems -- Fatherhood/fathers/fathering -- Feminisms -- Functionalism -- Grandparents -- Home -- Household -- Individualization -- Intimacy -- Kinship -- Motherhood/mothers/mothering -- Negotiation -- New right -- Parenthood/parents/parenting -- Personal -- Phenomenological approaches -- Post-coupledom : separation/divorce/widowhood -- Power -- Problem families -- Public and private -- Rationalities -- Role theory -- Siblings -- Social division -- Socialization -- Transnational families.
General noteFormerly CIP.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-247) and index.
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