Sociology: Family & Relationships

The theme of this volume is an outgrowth of one of the Section sponsored sessions at the 2006 ASA meetings in Montreal; 'Children and Youth Speak f...

This radical and critical account of family justice explores childrens wellbeing and ethical issues in childrens upbringing through the lens of pol...

For anyone studying childhood or families, a consideration of the state may not always seem obvious, yet a good critical knowledge of politics, soc...

Over the past few decades, there has been a dynamic world-wide societal shift away from traditional routes for finding a partner and establishing i...

What if you could experience a marriage that is not just good, but truly life-giving? Therapists Dan Allender and Steve Call show how deeper intima...

What if you could experience a marriage that is not just good, but truly life-giving? Therapists Dan Allender and Steve Call show how deeper intima...

Offers an assessment of how childrens rights take shape and are realized at various stages of child development and, in turn, can and should inform...

Do you over-analyse relationships? Or do you avoid thinking about them altogether? Do you feel comfortable being close to someone? Or does intimacy...

When stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic erased the division between home and school, many parents in the United States were suddenly ...

When stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic erased the division between home and school, many parents in the United States were suddenly ...

The instant New York Times bestselling memoir that everyone is talking about'This book about open marriage is going to blow up your group chat' The...

As new forms of family and 'non-traditional' families grow in number, there is a need to understand these 'new' arrangements and models of parentho...

In diesem Lehr- und Studienbuch werden die vielfältigsten familiensoziologischen Themen behandelt: familialer Wandel, Familie und Kinderbetreuungsi...

Ann Oakley is a pioneer in the field of sociological research. In this classic re-issue, she interviewed 60 women to find out what its really like ...

Drawing on her long experience as an academic researcher and writer, Ann Oakley develops a sociology of the research process itself, telling the st...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence Gendering Women is an engaging and accessible account of how constructions of femininity fundamenta...

As new forms of family and 'non-traditional' families grow in number, there is a need to understand these 'new' arrangements and models of parentho...

In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed sociologist Ann Oakley undertook one of the first serious sociological studies to examine womens work in th...

This study explores pre- and extra-marital relationships among the gentry and nobility of the north of England from 1450 to 1640: the keeping of mi...

Ann Oakley is a pioneer in the field of sociological research. In this classic re-issue, she interviewed 60 women to find out what its really like ...

In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed sociologist Ann Oakley undertook one of the first serious sociological studies to examine womens work in th...

Teen TV is booming. Current youth series on streaming platforms are a clear indication of this, but have so far received little attention in German...

Originally published in 1960, when every twentieth child in this country was born illegitimate, every eighth was conceived outside marriage; every ...