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Remarriage: What Makes it, What Breaks it by Helen Frank 9780370312095 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.95£2.93Helen Franks charts the progress of couples from the break-up of marriage to the establishment of another permanent relationship, using interviews with people who have found the path easy and others who have found it difficult. Remarriage, the start of a... -
Crisis in the Academy: Rethinking Higher Education in America by Christopher J. Lucas 9780312176860
RRP: £26.99£20.85Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Exploring Twins: Towards a Social Analysis of Twinship by E. Stewart 9780333803615
RRP: £89.99£89.87Exploring Twins presents an analysis of twinship considered as a specifically social phenomenon. Drawing upon a wide range of interdisciplinary, historical and cross-cultural data, Dr Stewart argues that in both traditional and modern societies, twinship... -
Two in a Bed: The Social System of Couple Bed Sharing by Paul C. Rosenblatt 9780791468296
£81.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791468296Author Paul C. RosenblattFormat HardbackPage Count 227Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
The "single" Lifestyle: An Expectancy-value Assessment by Jill Scheppler 9780530006239
RRP: £80.00£70.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530006239Author Jill SchepplerFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams)... -
The "single" Lifestyle: An Expectancy-value Assessment by Jill Scheppler 9780530006222
RRP: £53.00£46.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530006222Author Jill SchepplerFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Family Communication: Study Guide by St Grovernors State University 9780757555121
£89.41Family Communication: Teleclass Study GuideBook InformationISBN 9780757555121Author St Grovernors State UniversityFormat PaperbackPage Count 115Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S. -
Planning Families in Nepal: Global and Local Projects of Reproduction by Jan Brunson 9780813578613
RRP: £29.99£21.43Based on almost a decade of research in the Kathmandu Valley, Planning Families in Nepal offers a compelling account of Hindu Nepali women as they face conflicting global and local ideals regarding family planning. Promoting a two-child norm, global... -
Modern Couples Sharing Money, Sharing Life by Janet Stocks 9780230517028
RRP: £44.99£44.97This collection is the result of a five-year-long collaboration of sociologists in Sweden, Spain and the United States. In-depth, extended interviews with couples explore their daily lives and provide insights into the impact of modernity, gender roles,... -
Just Marriage by Mary Lyndon Shanley 9780195176261
RRP: £37.49£31.79From the ground breaking legal decisions on gay marriage to the promotion of marriage for low-income families, the "sacred institution" of marriage has turned into a public battleground. Who should be allowed to marry and is marriage a public... -
The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse: Emotion, Social Movements, and the State by Nancy Whittier 9780195325102
RRP: £38.99£27.89By taking a look at the vast transformation in the movement against child sexual abuse that took place from the 1970s until now, Nancy Whittier obseres and explains the ways in which activists influence society. Whittier is the first to provide a... -
Trans People's Partnerships: Towards an Ethics of Intimacy by Tam Sanger 9780230224643
RRP: £44.99£44.97As intimate lives become more public, and discussions of gender and sexuality more complex, there is a need to rethink how we engage with our own perceptions and identifications with respect to intimacy. This book explores whether our intimate desires... -
A Mother's Work: How Feminism, the Market, and Policy Shape Family Life by Neil Gilbert 9780300164619
£26.32A fresh perspective on the struggle to balance work and family life The question of how best to combine work and family life has led to lively debates in recent years. Both a lifestyle and a policy issue, it has been addressed psychologically, socially,... -
Interracialism: Black-White Intermarriage in American History, Literature, and Law by Werner Sollors 9780195128574
£40.21Interracialism, or marriage between members of different races, has formed, torn apart, defined and divided the American nation since its earliest history. This volume explores the primary texts of interracialism as a means of addressing core issues in... -
Relationships and Well-Being Over the Life Stages by Pat M. Keith 9780275934224
£83.24Recent social trends, including the increased employment of women, the dramatic growth in single-parent households, heightened attention to the aging of the population and to older families, and changing attitudes toward gender roles, guide the focus of... -
Globalization and Children: Exploring Potentials for Enhancing Opportunities in the Lives of Children and Youth by Natalie Hevener Kaufman 9780306473685
RRP: £89.99£89.87ALLISON JAMES Globalization seems to be the word on everyone's lips, with politicians as much as academics extolling its benefits as well as its contradictions. For some, globali- tion means, in practice, that whether in Bangkok or Boston, in London or... -
Personality, Cognition and Values by Christopher Bagley 9780333379332
RRP: £89.99£89.87Companion vol.: Cross-cultural studies of personality, attitudes, and cognition.Book InformationISBN 9780333379332Author Christopher BagleyFormat HardbackPage Count 229Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 455g -
Mixed Race Identities by P. Aspinall 9780230275041
£45.37This book explores the ethnic and racial options exercised by young mixed race people in Britain. It reveals the diverse ways in which young people identify and experience their mixed status, the complex nature of such identities, and the rise of other... -
Families and Kinship in Contemporary Europe: Rules and Practices of Relatedness by Riitta Jallinoja 9780230284289
RRP: £44.99£44.97Instead of seeing the family as a 'monolithic' entity, as though separate from its surroundings, this new approach draws attention to assemblages of various types that in different constellations and through different transactions relate people to each... -
Lesbian and Gay Parenting: Securing Social and Educational Capital by Yvette Taylor 9780230202726
RRP: £44.99£44.97This book explores the intersections between class and sexuality in lesbians' and gay men's experiences of parenting and the everyday pathways navigated therein, from initial routes into parenting, to location preferences, schooling choice and community... -
Representing Ageing: Images and Identities by Virpi Ylanne 9780230272590
RRP: £44.99£44.97This collection critically examines twenty-first century representations of ageing, focusing on various media images and discourses as well as individuals' own experiences and self-presentations of ageing, drawing on innovative new empirical data.Book... -
Understanding Chinese Families: A Comparative Study of Taiwan and Southeast China by C.Y.Cyrus Chu 9780199578092
RRP: £130.00£104.67This book provides the reader with a comprehensive introduction to the distinguishing features of Chinese families. This first full scale study seeks to understand Chinese families within the Chinese social context and draws comparisons with existing... -
Same-Sex Families and Legal Recognition in Europe by Marie Digoix 9781013277030
RRP: £44.95£39.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013277030Author Marie DigoixFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g -
Wedded Strangers: The Challenges of Russian-American Marriages by Lynn Visson 9780781808323
RRP: £10.99£8.29Russian-American marriages reflect many of the same issues and problems of other inter-cultural marriages, but at the same time face some unique challenges. Since the publication of the first edition of Wedded Strangers in 1998, the number of these mixed... -
Marriage in Men's Lives by Steven L. Nock 9780195120561
RRP: £35.99£25.45Because men and women live in worlds that are organized around gender, their marriages reflect differing realities. Marriage in Men's Lives focuses on marriage as a system of rules, customs, and expectations, and shows that marriage changes men on basic... -
For Better or for Worse: Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy by Hung Cam Thai 9780813542898
RRP: £31.00£22.38Marriage is currently the number-one reason people migrate to the United States, and women constitute the majority of newcomers joining husbands who already reside here. But little is known about these marriage and migration streams beyond the highly... -
Doctors' Marriages: A Look at the Problems and Their Solutions by Michael F. Myers 9780306446184
RRP: £89.99£89.87Responding to demographic changes among physicians and six years of new experiences since the first edition, Dr. Myers has revamped his well received work. He includes new information on older physicians, gay and lesbian physicians, medical student... -
Management for Child Health Services by Norman T. Begg 9780412596605
£45.37The provision of health care services for children is central to improving the nation's health and remains a key feature of every government's policy. This concept has been recognised in the United Kingdom since nineteenth century visionaries prompted... -
The Colours of Love by Selone Ajewole 9780992996000
RRP: £12.99£9.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992996000Author Selone AjewoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint 29Eleven PublishingPublisher 29Eleven Publishing -
Housewives of Japan: An Ethnography of Real Lives and Consumerized Domesticity by Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni 9780230340312
RRP: £44.99£44.97Drawing on a unique ethnographic inquiry, Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni explores the complexities of the relationship between socially and culturally constructed roles bestowed on Japanese women by a variety of state agents, including the market and the media,... -
Children's Rights and International Development: Lessons and Challenges from the Field by Myriam Denov 9780230606821
RRP: £44.99£44.97A timely examination of the plight of children and youths in developing nations. The chapters strike a balance between diagnostic analysis of the conditions of risk, with prescriptive ideas for approaching and intervening with marginalized children.Book... -
Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity by Lise Funderburg 9780692262740
RRP: £12.00£9.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692262740Author Lise FunderburgFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Sixth Borough InkPublisher Sixth Borough InkWeight(grams) 499g -
Childlessness in Europe: Contexts, Causes, and Consequences by Michaela Kreyenfeld 9781013267970
RRP: £52.95£46.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013267970Author Michaela KreyenfeldFormat HardbackPage Count 366Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g -
Marriage: Better with Time by Shirley Durham 9781478712213
RRP: £9.95£9.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478712213Author Shirley DurhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 104g -
Participation, Citizenship and Trust in Children's Lives by Hanne Warming 9780230302648
RRP: £44.99£44.97This book critically analyzes and theorizes trust dynamics in children's lives and how they impact upon children's participation, citizenship and well-being, drawing on a wealth of empirical evidence that examines trust in various institutional and... -
Schooling in New Russia: Innovation and Change, 1984-95 by J. Sutherland 9780333736999
RRP: £89.99£89.87The book traces the origins of change in general education in the last years of the Soviet Union and afterwards in the Russian Federation. It describes what happened during perestroika and glasnost and the struggles for liberalization which were finally... -
Kinship: It's All Relative. Enlarged Second Edition by Jackie Smith Arnold 9780806319537
RRP: £13.17£11.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806319537Author Jackie Smith ArnoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Genealogical Publishing CompanyPublisher Genealogical Publishing... -
Ordinary Relationships: A Sociological Study of Emotions, Reflexivity and Culture by J. Brownlie 9780230346604
RRP: £44.99£44.97Recent theorizing tends to position ordinary relationships as something we have lost, yet the nature of these relationships is not seriously engaged with. Drawing on rich empirical data, this book questions epochal claims about contemporary emotional... -
From One Child to Two Children: Opportunities and Challenges for the One-child Generation Cohort in China by Shibei Ni 9781349960927
£101.65This book dissects the reproductive intentions and behaviours of the one-child generation cohort in China, situated in the wider context of changing family life patterns and gendered lenses. Demonstrating that the one-child family is still favoured by... -
Parenting Rewards and Responsibilities Student Workbook by McGraw-Hill 9780078298387
£5.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780078298387Author McGraw-HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint McGraw-Hill Inc.,USPublisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe