Dimensions
180 x 251 x 33mm
Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive
volume investigates modern-day family relationships, partnering,
and parenting set against a backdrop of rapid social, economic,
cultural, and technological change.
Covers a broad range of topics, including social inequality,
parenting practices, children?s work, changing patterns of
citizenship, multi-cultural families, and changes in welfare state
protection for families
Includes many European, North American and Asian examples
written by a team of experts from across five continents
Features coverage of previously neglected groups, including
immigrant and transnational families as well as families of gays
and lesbians
Demonstrates how studying social change in families is
fundamental for understanding the transformations in individual and
social life across the globe
Extensively reworked from the original Companion published over
a decade ago: three-quarters of the material is completely new, and
the remainder has been comprehensively updated
