Sociology: Family & Relationships

Strengths-based, solution-focused practice is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary child protection work. The demand for this protection ...

Trauma and the exposure to traumatic events is part of life, making the need for current and informed social work research and training in this are...

Growing attention has focused on the education of children in the child welfare system, particularly those in foster care, but ninety-two percent o...

What happens when older men become widowers? Popular books, movies, and television present widowers as lost and unable to cope or care for themselv...

Reproduction is the most emotionally complicated human activity. It transforms lives but it also creates fears and anxieties about women whose chil...

If you're tired of agreeing to annoying asks and thankless tasks, read this book. The Power of Saying No offers the smartest advice I've ever encou...

Adoption Memoirs tells inside stories of adoption that popular media miss. Marianne Novy shows how adoption memoirs and films recount not only happ...

Adoption Memoirs tells inside stories of adoption that popular media miss. Marianne Novy shows how adoption memoirs and films recount not only happ...

A CNQ Editors' Book of the YearA Dropped Threads-style anthology, assembling original and inspiring works by some of Canada's best younger female w...

The new edition of the definitive undergraduate guide to contemporary sociological theory, with updated reading selections throughout The fourth ed...

This book provides an in-depth examination of adolescents social development in the context of the family. Grounded in social domain theory, the ...

Intimacy and Friendship on Facebook theorises the impact of Facebook on our social lives through the lens of intimacy. Lambert constructs an origin...

Intimacy and Friendship on Facebook theorises the impact of Facebook on our social lives through the lens of intimacy. Lambert constructs an origin...

Intersectional in approach, this volume of Advances in Gender Research offers an overview of the ways in which environments broadly defined to inc...

Research into the politics of family policy has expanded considerably in recent years. However, the family policy agenda of the Mainstream Right i...

The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary t...

Essential writings from classical and contemporary sociological theorists engagingly introduced and brought to life for students This Concise Reade...

This textbook explores recent research on the topics of gender inequalities, intergenerational support, and family in select East Asian societies, ...

This book provides an in-depth examination of adolescents social development in the context of the family. Grounded in social domain theory, the ...

A gripping and moving text which explores the wealth of human language diversity, how deeply it matters, and how we can best turn the tide of langu...

Based on studies conducted in the UK and USA, this book investigates the experiences of suppliers and consumers of masculinized domestic services, ...

Migrant Citizenship from Below explores the dynamic local and transnational lives of Filipina and Filipino migrant domestic workers living in Schön...

From the bestselling author of Home Comforts comes the story of our wedding vowswhat they mean and why they still matter.In the West, marrying is s...

The new edition of the most comprehensive, practical, and user-friendly guide of its kind, providing quick reference to the information needed by a...

This book explores the experiences of ethnic performers in a small Chinese city, aiming to better understand their work and migration journeys. The...

This book offers a new critical framework for understanding the processes of politicising and gendering care for older people and their manifestati...

Do you have a Third Place? Your first place is home, your second place is work, and your third place is where you go to socialize. As more of our l...

Why do some adults think its fine to hit children? Why does the school system fail so many pupils? And when their future is on the line, why cant c...

A wide-ranging and accessible introduction to the origins and histories of the first agricultural populations in many different parts of the world ...

This book is the first comprehensive study of child sexual abuse in the Caribbean, exploring issues such as the ontology of childhood, links betwee...

Drawing on recent developments within the sociology of family life, this book examines family connection and solidarity within different stepfamily...

Drawing on recent developments within the sociology of family life, this book examines family connection and solidarity within different stepfamily...

This book examines connections between personal, relational and material matters in everyday life in the context of broader and long standing socia...

This book explores what it means to be a twin and to what extent twins can shape or 'escape' their identities as twins. It investigates how social ...

First-hand accounts of how parents support their transgender children There is a new generation of parents and families who are identifying, suppor...