The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families [Paperback]

• Contains original essays by expert contributors on a wide range of topics relating to the sociology of families.
• Includes coverage of social inequality, parenting practices, children’s work, the changing patterns of citizenship, and multi-cultural families.
• Gives special attention to European and North American examples.
• Discusses previously neglected groups, including immigrant families and gays and lesbians.
• Explores how revolutionary changes in aging, longevity, and sexual behavior have radically affected the experience of different generations, and the relationships between them.

Preface: (Jacqueline Scott, Judith Treas, and Martin Richards).

Part I: Families in a Global World:.

1. Globalization and Western Bias in Family Sociology: Don Edgar.

2. Changing European Families: Trends and Issues: Kath Kiernan (University of York).

3. Recent Demographic Trends in the US and Implications for Well-Being: Sinikka Elliott and Debra Umberson (University of Texas).

4. Children, Families, States, and Changing Citizenship: Hilary Land (University of Bristol).

5. Families and Local Communities: Graham Crow (University of Southampton) and Catherine Maclean.

Part II: Life Course Perspectives on the Family:.

6. Generations, the Life Course, and Family Change: J. Beth Mabry, Roseann Giarrusso, and Vern L. Bengtson (all University of Southern California).