Sociology: Family & Relationships

In Africa, where the birthrate of twins is among the highest in the world, twins can be seen as a burden to their families and a threat to the soci...

Drawing on the life stories of 266 migrants in South China, Choi and Peng examine the effect of mass rural-to-urban migration on family and gender ...

Children's diverse experiences during periods of conflict, post-conflict and peacetime reveal that their roles in society and political communities...

A major emerging demographic issue of the twenty-first century is the ageing of populations as an inevitable consequence of the demographic transit...

Drawing on unique data from the German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS), the present book comprises empirical studies on various aspe...

When it comes to the topic of romantic and sexual intimacy, social observers are often quick to throw criticisms at millennials. However, we know l...

The civil war between the Sri Lankan state and Tamil militants, which ended in 2009, lasted more than three decades and led to mass migration, main...

The civil war between the Sri Lankan state and Tamil militants, which ended in 2009, lasted more than three decades and led to mass migration, main...

Parents of children with disabilities often situate their activism as a means of improving the world for their child. However, some disabled activi...