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How Toddlers Learn the Secret Language of Movies by Cary Bazalgette 9783030974671
RRP: $194.98$175.25This book takes a radically new approach to the well-worn topic of children's relationship with the media, avoiding the "risks and benefits" paradigm while examining very young children's interactions with film and television. Bazalgette... -
Baby Trouble in the Last Best West: Making New People in Alberta, 1905-1939 by Amy Kaler 9781442613942
RRP: $46.78$39.80Reproduction is the most emotionally complicated human activity. It transforms lives but it also creates fears and anxieties about women whose childbearing doesn't conform to the norm. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's... -
Family Violence in Japan: A Life Course Perspective by Fumie Kumagai 9789811000553
RRP: $175.48$162.94This book provides fresh sociological analyses on family violence in Japan. Aimed at an international audience, the authors adopt a life course perspective in presenting their research. Following a comprehensive overview of family violence in Japan in... -
Divorce and Remarriage Among Muslims in India by Imtiaz Ahmed 9788173044939
$118.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788173044939Author Imtiaz AhmedFormat HardbackPage Count 436Imprint Manohar Publishers and DistributorsPublisher Manohar Publishers and... -
Family Diversity in India by P. K. Roy 9788121208031
$68.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788121208031Author P. K. RoyFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Gyan Publishing HousePublisher Gyan Publishing House -
Addressing the Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Families by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309696951
RRP: $56.55$50.37The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the lives of children and their families, who have faced innumerable challenges such as illness and death; school closures; social isolation; financial hardship; food insecurity; deleterious mental... -
Between Care and Criminality: Marriage, Citizenship, and Family in Australian Social Welfare by Helena Zeweri 9781978829039
RRP: $261.30$223.33Between Care and Criminality examines social welfare’s encounter with migration and marriage in a period of intensified border control in Melbourne, Australia. It offers an in-depth ethnographic account of the effort to prevent forced marriage in the... -
The Politics of International Marriage in Japan by Viktoriya Kim 9781978809024
RRP: $261.30$223.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978809024Author Viktoriya KimFormat HardbackPage Count 246Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Turning: Why the State of the Family Matters, and What the World Can Do about It by Linda Eyre 9781939629265
RRP: $31.18$26.40It is easy to find alarming statistics on escalating violence, addiction and economic inequality in developed countries and stubborn poverty in the third world. The fascinating question has to do with cause. New York Times #1 bestselling authors Richard... -
Attitudes to flexible working and family life by Diane M. Houston 9781861345493
RRP: $38.98$30.73This report is the first to examine attitudes towards flexible working and family life. Drawing on a study of over 1500 members of the Amalgamated Electrical and Engineering Union (AEEU) and interviews with 53 AEEU shop stewards, the report: * examines... -
Seven years in the lives of British families: Evidence on the dynamics of social change from the British Household Panel Survey by Richard Berthoud 9781861342003
RRP: $62.38$47.72'The family' is a subject of enormous academic, political and popular interest. It is a central feature of most people's lives, the framework within which other relationships, activities and events take place. This unique study provides important new... -
Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People by Halla Holmarsdottir 9783031469312
RRP: $68.23$61.99This Open Access book presents an in-depth portrait of the use and impact of digital technologies by learners ages 5-18 years in their everyday lives. The portrait is framed by the ecological-systems theory and situated across four domains: home, leisure... -
Dowry: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice by Tamsin Bradley 9781848132948
$68.00The concept of a Dowry, whilst known throughout the world, is one which is much misunderstood and often regarded as synonymous with acts of violence against women. This exciting new volume seeks to debunk the overly simplistic conceptions of Dowry that... -
Family Life in the Time of Covid: International Perspectives by Katherine Twamley 9781800081741
RRP: $87.75$77.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800081741Author Katherine TwamleyFormat HardbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 19mm -
Effects of Marriage on Health: A Synthesis of Recent Research Evidence by Robert G. Wood 9781606929995
RRP: $191.08$124.74Marriage has become an increasingly important topic in academic and policy research. A burgeoning literature suggests that marriage has a wide range of benefits, including improvements in individuals' economic well-being and mental and physical health,... -
Family Transformed: Religion, Values, and Society in American Life by Steven M. Tipton 9781589010666
RRP: $93.60$81.20Statistics on the American family are sobering. From 1975 to 2000, one-third of all children were born to single mothers, and one-half of all marriages ended in divorce. While children from broken homes are two to three times more likely to develop... -
Studying Generations: Multidisciplinary Perspectives by Ali Somers 9781529223491
RRP: $167.68$128.90Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The concept of ‘generations’ has become a widely discussed area, with recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic revealing our dependence on intergenerational relationships both within and... -
Nanny Families: Practices of Care by Nannies, Au Pairs, Parents and Children in Sweden by Sara Elden 9781529201512
RRP: $155.98$118.68Paying privately for childcare is a growing phenomenon worldwide, a trend mirrored in Sweden despite the prevalence there of publicly funded daycare. This book combines theories of family practices, care and childhood studies with the personal... -
Identical Twins: Adult Reflections on the Twinship Experience by Joleen Loucks Greenwood 9781498576116
RRP: $148.20$136.89Identical Twins explores the unique status of twinship and how it can affect personal and familial relationships with siblings, romantic partners, and friends. Drawing from the rich qualitative data from over one hundred interviews, Joleen Loucks... -
Single Mothers in Contemporary Japan: Motherhood, Class, and Reproductive Practice by Aya Ezawa 9781498529969
RRP: $165.75$153.68Combining work and family remains a major challenge for married women in contemporary Japan, and it's not uncommon for them to quit working when starting a family. Single mothers, by contrast, almost always work, regardless of the age of their children... -
Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals Becoming Parents or Remaining Childfree: Confronting Social Inequalities by Cara Bergstrom-Lynch 9781498521963
RRP: $161.85$150.33This book recognizes that intense public battles are being waged in the U.S. over the rights of LGB people to form legally and culturally recognized families. Their families are under a kind of sociopolitical scrutiny at this historical moment that... -
Mothers Work: Confronting the Mommy Wars, Raising Children, and Working for Social Change by Michelle Napierski-Prancl 9781498514590
RRP: $157.95$145.29Through a series of focus group interviews and an analysis of the media and popular culture, Mothers Work examines the institution of motherhood and the arenas in which mothering occurs. Michelle Napierski-Prancl explores shared and divergent... -
Social Poverty: Low-Income Parents and the Struggle for Family and Community Ties by Sarah Halpern-Meekin 9781479891214
RRP: $156.00$134.10How low-income people cope with the emotional dimensions of poverty Could a lack of close, meaningful social ties be a public--rather than just a private--problem? In Social Poverty, Sarah Halpern-Meekin provides a much-needed window into the nature of... -
Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Women of Color and the Fight for Reproductive Justice by Zakiya Luna 9781479852024
RRP: $173.55$148.02Reveals both the promise and the pitfalls associated with a human rights approach to the women of color-focused reproductive rights activism of SisterSong How did reproductive justice—defined as the right to have children, to not have children, and to... -
Fixing Parental Leave: The Six Month Solution by Gayle Kaufman 9781479810369
RRP: $44.83$38.22A real-world solution for parental leave that promotes gender equality at work and at home What do Papua New Guinea, Suriname, and the United States have in common? These three nations are the only ones that do not offer some form of parental leave to... -
Brown Bodies, White Babies: The Politics of Cross-Racial Surrogacy by Laura Harrison 9781479808175
RRP: $156.00$134.10Brown Bodies, White Babies focuses on the practice of cross-racial gestational surrogacy, in which a woman - through in-vitro fertilization using the sperm and egg of intended parents or donors - carries a pregnancy for intended parents of a different... -
The Colors of Love: Multiracial People in Interracial Relationships by Melinda A. Mills 9781479802418
RRP: $54.58$46.14How multiracial people navigate the complexities of race and love In the United States, more than seven million people claim to be multiracial, or have racially mixed heritage, parentage, or ancestry. In The Colors of Love, Melinda A. Mills explores... -
Still Straight: Sexual Flexibility among White Men in Rural America by Tony Silva 9781479801091
RRP: $156.00$133.32Why some straight men have sex with other men Why do some straight men in rural America have sex with other men? In Still Straight, Tony Silva convincingly argues that these men-many of whom enjoy hunting, fishing, and shooting guns-are not gay,... -
LGBT Families by Nancy J. Mezey 9781452217383
RRP: $66.28$58.68Part of the SAGE Contemporary Family Perspective series, this book presents a comprehensive yet accessible understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families today by drawing upon and making sense of the burgeoning scholarly literature... -
The Triple Bind of Single-Parent Families: Resources, Employment and Policies to Improve Wellbeing by Rense Nieuwenhuis 9781447333647
RRP: $208.63$159.59Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Single parents face a triple bind of inadequate resources, employment, and policies, which in combination further complicate their lives. This book - multi-disciplinary and comparative in design - shows... -
Grandparenting Practices Around the World by Virpi Timonen 9781447340645
RRP: $155.98$118.68This exciting collection presents an in-depth, up-to-date analysis of the unprecedented phenomenon of increasing numbers of grandparents worldwide, co-existing and interacting for longer periods of time with their grandchildren. The book contains... -
Parental Leave and Beyond: Recent International Developments, Current Issues and Future Directions by Peter Moss 9781447338789
RRP: $58.48$44.89This volume brings together contributors from 18 countries to provide international perspectives on the politics of parental leave policies in different parts of the world. Initially looking at the politics of care leave policies in eight countries... -
Why Who Cleans Counts: What Housework Tells Us about American Family Life by Shannon Davis 9781447336754
RRP: $37.03$29.31Every household has to perform housework, and researchers know a lot about what predicts who does which chores, drawing frequently from theoretical explanations that highlight the importance of power dynamics. This book moves beyond the existing... -
Fathers, Families and Relationships: Researching Everyday Lives by Esther Dermott 9781447331506
RRP: $52.63$40.64In this exciting book, leading fatherhood scholars from Europe and Scandinavia offer unique insights into how to research fathers and fatherhood in contemporary society. Outlining research methods in detail, including examples of large scale studies,... -
Fathers, Families and Relationships: Researching Everyday Lives by Esther Dermott 9781447331476
RRP: $167.68$128.90In this exciting book, leading fatherhood scholars from Europe and Scandinavia offer unique insights into how to research fathers and fatherhood in contemporary society. Outlining research methods in detail, including examples of large scale studies,... -
Parenting the Crisis: The Cultural Politics of Parent-Blame by Tracey Jensen 9781447325055
RRP: $155.98$118.68Bad parenting is so often blamed for Britain's 'broken society', manifesting in sites as diverse as the government reaction to the riots of 2011, popular 'entertainment' like Supernanny and the discussion boards of Mumsnet. This book examines how these... -
Father Involvement in the Early Years: An International Comparison of Policy and Practice by Marina A. Adler 9781447319009
RRP: $58.48$44.89Fatherhood is in transition and being challenged by often contradictory forces: societal mandates to be both an active father and provider, men's own wish to be more involved with their children, and the institutional arrangements in which fathers work... -
Father involvement in the early years: An international comparison of policy and practice by Marina A. Adler 9781447318996
RRP: $146.25$111.44Fatherhood is in transition and being challenged by often contradictory forces: societal mandates to be both an active father and provider, men's own wish to be more involved with their children, and the institutional arrangements in which fathers work... -
A Revolution in Family Policy: Where We Should Go from Here by Clem Henricson 9781447300533
RRP: $46.78$36.39This 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... -
White Parents, Black Children: Experiencing Transracial Adoption by Darron T. Smith 9781442207622
$119.42White Parents, Black Children looks at the difficult issue of race in transracial adoptions-particularly the adoption by white parents of children from different racial and ethnic groups. Despite the long history of troubled and fragile race relations in...