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Middle Class African Marriage: A Family Study of Ghanaian Senior Civil Servants by Christine Oppong 9781032513225
£93.60In the 1970s among peoples of the third world migration, paid employment, and urban living had caused changes in domestic economies, in decision making in households, and in the sexual division of labour and power. This was particularly so in areas... -
Families by Vanessa May 9781509518432
RRP: £15.99£14.41In this accessible and engagingly written book, Vanessa May invites readers into the rich world of thought, research and study of the highly diverse phenomenon of families and family life. The book explores what is and has been understood by ‘family’ in... -
Families by Vanessa May 9781509518425
RRP: £50.00£43.51In this accessible and engagingly written book, Vanessa May invites readers into the rich world of thought, research and study of the highly diverse phenomenon of families and family life. The book explores what is and has been understood by ‘family’ in... -
Black Children of Incarcerated Parents Speak Truth to Power: Social Revolution by Britany Jenine Gatewood 9781032293103
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book centers directly impacted Black children who have lived through parental incarceration. Their stories are told from holistic perspectives that incorporate the full range of collateral consequences. Moving beyond negative outcomes, a proactive... -
Cohabitation and the Evolving Nature of Intimate and Family Relationships by Sampson Lee Blair 9781804554197
RRP: £100.00£83.26In societies around the globe, couples are increasingly opting to live together without going through the formal and legal complications of marriage. Given the tremendous diversity in cohabiting couples, as well as the increasing prominence of this form... -
Women and Marriage in India by P. Thomas 9781032472911
£93.60Women in the thraldom of man has led sometimes, in one form or another, to the most horrible abuses. In this book, originally published in 1939, the author traces and analyses the institutions of marriage and family in India. The women of India, after... -
The West Bank Palestinian Family by Ibrahim Wade Ata 9781032514680
RRP: £86.99£75.54First published in 1986 The West Bank Palestinian Family presents the reader with the first comprehensive study of the evolution of the Palestinian family in the West Bank. The main focus of the work was to identify what changes, if any, the Palestinian... -
The Changing Faces of Families: Diverse Family Forms in Various Policy Contexts by Marina A. Adler 9781032045023
RRP: £36.99£32.53With a focus on nine different national contexts, this book explores contemporary family diversity. With attention to the different welfare states and cultures of care in each setting, it problematizes the pre-eminence of research and policy centered on... -
Archaeology – Why It Matters by AB Stahl 9781509549863
RRP: £35.00£30.87No matter where we live, history lies beneath our feet and in the landscapes around us. In contrast to the history that comes from studying texts, archaeology is the study of history through objects, monuments, and other traces of past lives. Archaeology... -
Middle-Class Couples: A Study of Segregation, Domination and Inequality in Marriage by Stephen Edgell 9781032437200
RRP: £86.99£75.54When this book was originally published in 1980, sociologists had long held the view that the middle-class marriage in contemporary Britain was characterised by role desegregation and marital equality. Middle-Class Couples reported on research which... -
Dating, Mating, and Marriage by Martin King Whyte 9780202304168
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book examines the American system of dating, mate choice, and marriage. It analyzes a wide range of established ideas about how dating and mate choice are changing, and identifies changes and continuities in premarital experiences in twentieth... -
Gender and Female Villains in 21st Century Fairy Tale Narratives: From Evil Queens to Wicked Witches by Natalie Le Clue 9781801175654
RRP: £73.99£61.38For every hero, there is a villain, and for every villain there is a story. But how much do we really know about the villain? Filling a gap in the field of gender representation and character evolution, the chapters in this edited collection focus on... -
Advanced Introduction to Family Policy by Chiara Saraceno 9781839101151
£90.61Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid... -
Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides under China's Global Rise by Monica Liu 9781503632479
RRP: £81.00£70.41Commercial dating agencies that facilitate marriages across national borders comprise a $2.5 billion global industry. Ideas about the industry are rife with stereotypes-younger, more physically attractive brides from non-Western countries being paired... -
Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methodologies by Kari Adamsons 9783030920012
RRP: £79.99£72.16This sourcebook is an unparalleled resource in the field of family science. It provides a comprehensive overview of both traditional and contemporary theories and methodologies to promote a greater understanding of increasingly complex family realities... -
Nordic Earner-Carer Politics: A Comparative and Historical Analysis by Anne Lise Ellingsæter 9781802207071
£96.61This insightful book provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of the formation and evolution of Nordic earner-carer policies over five decades. Spanning parental leave, father quotas, daycare services, and cash for childcare allowances, it explores... -
Being a Child in a Global World: Childhood in an Environment of Violence, Terror, Migration and Rapid Change by Betul Karagoez Yerdelen 9781801172417
RRP: £73.99£60.98We live in a globalized world in which children live in extreme poverty, experience stunted growth, are denied access to education, live as refugees, are subjected to violence, are employed as unskilled workers and even face threats from terror... -
Conjugal Trajectories: Relationship Beginnings, Change, and Dissolutions by Ana Josefina Cuevas Hernández 9781804553954
RRP: £90.00£74.74Many societies are experiencing substantial change in family forms and structures. For both families and individuals, conjugal trajectories continue to be a core element of life under the pressures of societal conventions, prompting many toward some... -
Family and Kinship in Modern Britain by Christopher Turner 9781032536989
£88.60In the 1960s the family had been described as ‘by far the most important primary group in society’. The primary concern of the sociologist was to understand the functioning of family life in any given society and to set his observations in the wider... -
Flats, Families and the Under-Fives by Elizabeth Gittus 9781032532943
£94.00Originally published in 1976, Elizabeth Gittus explores two contemporary social issues which were central to future housing policy in Britain at the time: the implications, for families with young children, of both the increased use of flats in new local... -
Family and Class in a London Suburb by Peter Willmott 9781032542393
£93.60Originally published in 1960, the authors of Family and Kinship in East London then made an intensive study of a middle-class dormitory suburb. Here families were more often on their own than in the East End, but, despite the differences between the... -
Changing Patterns of European Family Life: A Comparative Analysis of 14 Countries by Katja Boh 9781032536309
£112.01Originally published in 1989, this cross-national study investigates the role and pattern of family life in fourteen countries in contemporary Europe. Providing a wealth of information on European families, it is a key source for anyone wishing to... -
Housing and Young Families in East London by Anthea Holme 9781032542379
£94.00Originally published in 1985, Anthea Holme focuses her study on Bethnal Green in East London and Wanstead and Woodford in outer East London, the areas covered by Michael Young and Peter Willmott in their celebrated books Family and Kinship in East London... -
Parental Priorities and Economic Inequality by Casey B. Mulligan 9780226548401
RRP: £40.00£38.55Arguing that parental actions are important sources of wealth inequality, this book investigates the transmission of economic status from one generation to the next by constructing a model of parental preferences. It offers evidence on the... -
Families and Aging by Patricia Drentea 9781538104330
RRP: £110.00£34.61Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Blood and Kinship: Matter for Metaphor from Ancient Rome to the Present by Christopher H. Johnson 9781782381778
RRP: £27.95£22.58The word "blood" awakens ancient ideas, but we know little about its historical representation in Western cultures. Anthropologists have customarily studied how societies think about the bodily substances that unite them, and the contributors... -
The Boundaries of Mixedness: A Global Perspective by Erica Chito Childs
RRP: £135.00£117.28The Boundaries of Mixedness tackles the burgeoning field of critical mixed race studies, bringing together research that spans five continents and more than ten countries. Research on mixedness is growing, yet there is still much debate over what exactly... -
The Juggling Mother: Coming Undone in the Age of Anxiety by Amanda Watson
RRP: £67.00£57.77Who is the juggling mother, the woman who quietly flicks dried cereal off her blazer while running a corporate empire? The Juggling Mother explores the figure of contemporary mothering in media representations: a typically white, middle-class woman on... -
The End of International Adoption?: An Unraveling Reproductive Market and the Politics of Healthy Babies by Estye Fenton
RRP: £31.00£27.36Since 2004, the number of international adoptions in the United States has declined by more than seventy percent. In The End of International Adoption? Estye Fenton studies parents in the United States who adopted internationally in the past decade... -
Ageing in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic by Julia Simonson
RRP: £34.99£31.79This Open Access Book contains reports on the situation of people in the second half of life during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. The analyses are based on the German Ageing Survey (DEAS) and they provide insights on four main areas of life:... -
Ageing with Dignity in Hong Kong and Asia: Holistic and Humanistic Care by Ben Yuk Fai Fong
£93.00This book advocates the application of holistic and humanistic approaches in elderly care and services to achieve the goal of ageing with dignity in Hong Kong and Asia. It responds to the needs of an increasing ageing population that has to deal with... -
Widows of Japan: An Anthropological Perspective by Deborah McDowell Aoki
£35.01This book presents a wide-ranging study of widows in Japan, filtered through the dramatic and complex intersection of women with death. These experiences are portrayed as intensely personal and yet foreshadow momentous societal ramifications.The work... -
Mothers and Divorce: Legal, Economic, and Social Dilemmas by Terry Arendell
RRP: £34.00£26.97This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices... -
Bi: Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid, and Nonbinary Youth by Ritch C. Savin-Williams
RRP: £16.99£15.07What bisexual youth can tell us about today’s gender and sexual identities Despite the increasing visibility of LGBTQ people in American culture, our understanding of bisexuality remains superficial, at best. Yet, five times as many people identify as... -
Childcare Provision in Neoliberal Times: The Marketisation of Care by Aisling Gallagher
RRP: £80.00£60.87Subjecting the 'black box' of childcare markets to closer scrutiny, this book brings to light complex political, social and economic work of making childcare markets.Book InformationISBN 9781529206494Author Aisling GallagherFormat HardbackPage Count... -
The Business of Birth: Malpractice and Maternity Care in the United States by Louise Marie Roth
RRP: £89.00£77.22How the fear of malpractice affects mothers and reproductive choices Giving birth is a monumental event, not only in the personal life of the woman giving birth, but as a medical process and procedure. In The Business of Birth, Louise Marie Roth explores... -
Equal Partners?: How Dual-Professional Couples Make Career, Relationship, and Family Decisions by Jaclyn S Wong
RRP: £80.00£61.89Many young professionals seek egalitarian partnerships in which both partners work for pay and share unpaid housework and childcare. Yet working couples' realities often deviate from this ideal, with women trading off employment for family care. Will... -
The Impact of Racism on African American Families: Literature as Social Science by Paul C. Rosenblatt
RRP: £39.99£35.06In spite of the existence of statistics and numerical data on various aspects of African American life, including housing, earnings, assets, unemployment, household violence, teen pregnancy and encounters with the criminal justice system, social science... -
Family Resource Management by Tami J Moore
RRP: £121.00£112.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544370620Author Tami J MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Sage Publications, IncPublisher Sage Publications, IncWeight(grams) 178g -
The A to Z of Grandparent Names: From Abba to Zumu by Katie Hankinson
RRP: £10.99£7.25Grandma and grandpa, babushka and dedushka, oma and opa, bibi and babu—these names are near and dear to our hearts. Uncover the origins of these names in various languages and cultures around the world. This book celebrates the special bond between...