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The Pecking Order: A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become by Dalton Conley 9780375713811
RRP: $29.23$18.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375713811Author Dalton ConleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 278g -
Work, Family, and Leisure: Uncertainty in a Risk Society by Robert M. Orrange 9780742547919
RRP: $72.15$69.05Work, Family, and Leisure explores the plans and aspirations of twenty-something law and MBA students for work, family, and leisure. Through in-depth interviews, Robert Orrange captures the hopes, dreams, anxieties, and fears that these... -
Practical Social Pedagogy: Theories, Values and Tools for Working with Children and Young People by Jan Storo 9781447305392
RRP: $155.98$118.68Social pedagogical work is a field of practice that is indebted to and illuminated by aspects of knowledge from sociology and psychology, but many practitioners feel that social pedagogical theories are too abstract and distant from the challenges faced... -
Parent and Child: Studies in Family Behavior by James H. S. Bossard 9781512820546
RRP: $165.75$165.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781512820546Author James H. S. BossardFormat HardbackPage Count 310Imprint University of Pennsylvania PressPublisher University of Pennsylvania... -
Parenting in the Real World: The Reboot of Parenting. by Olivia Black 9781522781509
$21.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781522781509Author Olivia BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Establishing Child Centred Practice in a Changing World, Part B by Sam Frankel 9781804559413
RRP: $156.00$129.89At a time of significant local, national, and international change, in which children are already actively involved, it seems not only right but necessary that we should be seeking to further our knowledge and understanding of what informs and shapes... -
Women's Work: How Mothers Manage Flexible Working in Careers and Family Life by Zoe Young 9781529202038
RRP: $52.63$40.64Shortlisted for the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2019. What's it really like to be a mother with a career working flexibly? Drawing on over 100 hours of interview data, this book is the first to go inside women's work and family lives in a year of... -
Chinese Families: Tradition, Modernization, and Change by Man-yee Kan 9781800711570
RRP: $163.78$136.21Over the past half of a century, Chinese societies have undergone a tremendous amount of social, political, and economic change, which have also been a catalyst for substantial shifts in fundamental structures and processes within Chinese families. This... -
The Work-Family Interface: Spillover, Complications, and Challenges by Sampson Lee Blair 9781787691124
RRP: $200.83$167.10Family researchers have long recognized the interconnected nature of work and family. Around the globe, there is a clear recognition that the paid labor experiences of individuals will affect their families and familial relationships, often in... -
Diminished rights: Danish lone mother families in international context by Valerie Polakow 9781861342775
RRP: $42.88$33.56Denmark is one of the most progressive countries in terms of family support policies. This book, however, reveals a backdrop of diminished rights, inequalities and family violence in the lives of vulnerable lone mothers. If this is the case in Denmark,... -
Wife or Worker?: Asian Women and Migration by Nicola Piper 9780742523784
RRP: $79.95$72.46This volume challenges the dominant discourse that perceives Asian women as either "mail-order" brides or overseas workers. Providing the first sustained critique of the artificial analytical division between brides and workers, the book... -
Kids These Days: Facts and Fictions About Today's Youth by Karen Sternheimer 9780742546684
RRP: $74.10$67.33Kids snatched from their bedrooms, shot at in school, fatter than ever, prone to risk-taking and cruelty_is childhood today as bad as the news accounts would have us believe? Is this generation headed for disaster? Kids These Days: Facts and Fictions... -
The Fatherhood Movement: A Call to Action by Wade F. Horn 9780739100226
RRP: $81.90$74.20The fatherhood movement has established itself as the most innovative and effective response to the most daunting crisis facing American families. Written by the movement's founders, this indispensable book illustrates the movement's methods for... -
Elusive Belonging: Marriage Immigrants and "Multiculturalism" in Rural South Korea by Minjeong Kim 9780824892548
RRP: $54.50$44.03Elusive Belonging examines the post-migration experiences of Filipina marriage immigrants in rural South Korea. Marriage migration-crossing national borders for marriage-has attracted significant public and scholarly attention, especially in new... -
Hoop Drills For Relationship Skills: Bringing Your A Game to Life by Jesse Sharpe 9798711415596
RRP: $39.00$31.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798711415596Author Jesse SharpeFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 152g -
Self-Awareness for Pre-Law, Pre-Business, Pre-Medicine, Pre-Engineering, Pre-Government: An Experience Like No Other by Dalva Evette Yarrington 9781722278847
RRP: $38.98$31.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781722278847Author Dalva Evette YarringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
My Thoughts and Writings: In My Mind by MR Jose Enrique Vasquez Sr 9781539198468
RRP: $15.60$13.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781539198468Author MR Jose Enrique Vasquez SrFormat PaperbackImprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
The Lineal Ascent of Edgar Osden FULLMER: : A Travis Wayne GOODSELL Genealogical Ancestry by Travis Wayne Goodsell 9781519187802
$10.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781519187802Author Travis Wayne GoodsellFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Against Love by Laura Kipnis 9780375719325
RRP: $37.05$26.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375719325Author Laura KipnisFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
With This Ring: Divorce, Intimacy and Cohabitation from a Multicultural Perspective by R.Robin Miller 9780762305698
RRP: $212.53$176.59Contemporary Studies in SociologyBook InformationISBN 9780762305698Author R.Robin MillerFormat HardbackPage Count 364Imprint JAI Press Inc.Publisher Emerald Publishing LimitedWeight(grams) 686g -
Family and Health: Evolving Needs, Responsibilities, and Experiences by Sampson Lee Blair 9781784411268
RRP: $222.28$184.51Around the globe, families are often faced with a variety of health issues, often as a result of social, political, religious, and economic forces. Health issues affect both individual family members and the family unit as a whole, as well as impacting... -
Economic Stress and the Family by Sampson Lee Blair 9781780529783
RRP: $181.33$151.24In the fall of 2008, a global recession struck, leaving many families in dire financial situations. Families around the world found themselves experiencing forms of economic stress unlike any which had been seen in recent generations. This volume focuses... -
Contemporary Grandparenting: Changing Family Relationships in Global Contexts by Sara Arber 9781847429681
RRP: $167.68$128.90Grandparenting in the 21st century is at the heart of profound family and societal changes. It is of increasing social and economic significance yet many dimensions of grandparenting are still poorly understood. Contemporary Grandparenting is the first... -
Transitions to Parenthood in Europe: A Comparative Life Course Perspective by Ann Nilsen 9781847428639
RRP: $58.48$44.89This book takes a life course perspective, analysing and comparing the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries in context. Based on an innovative, cross-national EU study, it examines the ways in which working parents negotiate the... -
City Survivors: Bringing Up Children in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods by Anne Power 9781847420503
RRP: $155.98$119.46Seen through the eyes of parents, mainly mothers, "City survivors" tells the eye-opening story of what it is like to bring up children in troubled city neighbourhoods. The book provides a unique insider view on the impact of neighbourhood... -
Race and Family: A Structural Approach by Roberta L. Coles 9781442254381
RRP: $105.30$99.94The second edition of Race and Family maintains the book's distinctive feature-introducing students to key concepts through a structural lens-while featuring new material throughout. Race and Family focuses on structural factors impacting all families,... -
"Where Are You From?": Growing Up African-Canadian in Vancouver by Gillian Creese 9781487506797
$107.07Metro Vancouver is a diverse city where half the residents identify as people of colour, but only one percent of the population is racialized as Black. In this context, African-Canadians are both hyper-visible as Black, and invisible as distinct... -
Families in transition: Social change, family formation and kin relationships by Nickie Charles 9781861347886
RRP: $56.53$43.47This book addresses the complexity of family change. It draws on evidence from two linked studies, one carried out in the 1960s and the other in the early years of the 21st century, to analyse the specific ways in which family lives have changed and how... -
Families in Transition: Social Change, Family Formation and Kin Relationships by Nickie Charles 9781861347893
RRP: $155.98$118.68This book addresses the complexity of family change. It draws on evidence from two linked studies, one carried out in the 1960s and the other in the early years of the 21st century, to analyse the specific ways in which family lives have changed and how... -
Families in society: Boundaries and relationships by Linda McKie 9781861346438
RRP: $58.48$44.89Acknowledging the increasing diversity and complexity of families, this innovative book proposes a new conceptual framework for understanding families and other relationships that both challenges and attempts to reconcile traditional and contemporary... -
Transitions to Parenthood in Europe: A Comparative Life Course Perspective by Ann Nilsen 9781847428646
RRP: $167.68$128.90This book takes a life course perspective, analysing and comparing the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries in context. Based on an innovative, cross-national EU study, it examines the ways in which working parents negotiate the... -
Gender and Parenting in the Worlds of Alien and Blade Runner: A Feminist Analysis by Amanda DiGioia 9781839829413
RRP: $93.58$78.04Gender and Parenting in the Worlds of Alien and Blade Runner is a comparative, gendered analysis study of Ridley Scott's contributions to the genre of science fiction and horror cinema. Observing that while Ridley Scott's science fiction classics Blade... -
Lived Realities of Solo Motherhood, Donor Conception and Medically Assisted Reproduction by Tine Ravn 9781839091162
RRP: $144.28$118.91This book explores the empirical manifestations of the paradoxical features of reproductive technologies and provides in-depth understandings of solo motherhood through assisted reproduction and by recognising the complex experiences and the lived... -
Living Alone, Living Together: Two Essays on the Use of Housing by Dr. Peter King 9781787430686
RRP: $95.53$79.62This book, from social theorist Peter King, considers how a dwelling can protect and promote both our anxieties and our relationships. Dwelling magnifies our anxieties and allows us to reject the world, yet it is also what we need to form long and... -
Work and Family in the New Economy by Samantha K. Ammons 9781784416300
RRP: $224.23$186.09This volume will focus on innovative research that examines how the nature of paid work intersects with family and personal life today. Although some workers have more stability than others, rising income inequality, the continued rise of nonstandard... -
Women's Work: How Mothers Manage Flexible Working in Careers and Family Life by Zoe Young 9781529202021
RRP: $155.98$118.68Shortlisted for the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2019. What's it really like to be a mother with a career working flexibly? Drawing on over 100 hours of interview data, this book is the first to go inside women's work and family lives in a year of... -
A Revolution in Family Policy: Where We Should Go from Here by Clem Henricson 9781447300526
RRP: $155.98$118.68This book offers a radical rethink of family policy in the UK. Clem Henricson, the family policy expert, analyses in detail the major shift in the role of the state viz a viz personal relationships in recent years, with its aspirations to reduce child... -
Minding the Time in Family Experience: Emerging Perspectives and Issues by Kerry Daly 9780762307753
RRP: $212.53$176.59We are directed to "mind the time" on occasions when diligence to the clock is important. However, to deliberately invoke "mind your time" is to remember how quickly time, and the clock which serves as its agent, can so quickly recede... -
Intimate Partner Violence by Angela J. Hattery 9780742560734
RRP: $74.10$70.75Until recently, domestic violence, as it has been referred to, was a problem to be dealt with inside the family. In this ground-breaking work, Hattery's unique approach provides a detailed theoretical discussion of race, class, and gender-effects on... -
The Large Family System: An Original Study in the Sociology of Family Behavior by James H S Bossard 9781512800791
RRP: $165.75$164.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781512800791Author James H S BossardFormat HardbackPage Count 328Imprint University of Pennsylvania PressPublisher University of Pennsylvania...