Sociology: Family & Relationships

No matter where you are, what you are doing, whether you are alone or with others, you are always in relationships. Whatever the relationship, it i...

Fatherhood is a foundational human endeavor steeped in the history of familial and societal development. Every father has within himself the mak...

Co-winner of the Central Eurasian Studies Society's prize for best book in History and the Humanities in 2022 and 2023, and winner of the The Josep...

This gorgeous picture book is a celebration of fathers everywhere, in the words of real children. My dad gives the best cuddles...

Why Would I Be Married Here? examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India, unable to marry locally, who travel across t...

Why Would I Be Married Here? examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India, unable to marry locally, who travel across t...

Aisling Creegans childhood was dominated by an abusive, alcoholic mother, who tortured her at every turn. From insults through beatings and being t...

Featuring excerpts of essays collected from over one thousand young adults while in the throes of divorce, this book paints a picture of the pain a...

This book explores human behavior in terms of power in all its manifestations across a wide spectrum. The author examines the subtle dynamics of po...

The opening chapter argues that an alternative praxis, one that honours constructivist and post humanist theoretical approaches to teaching and lea...

A moving, cross-national account of working mothers daily livesand the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve themThe work-famil...

A brilliantly funny and unique story about love, loss, family and fitting in. I laughed, I cried - I loved it. Holly MartinThe perfect house, the p...

In many Western societies, there has been a tremendous increase in family diversity over the course of the past few decades, resulting in a conside...

They go by many names: helicopter parents, hovercrafts, PFHs (Parents from Hell). The news media is filled with stories of well-intentioned parents...

They go by many names: helicopter parents, hovercrafts, PFHs (Parents from Hell). The news media is filled with stories of well-intentioned parents...

Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 and dropped out of high school to care for her newborn. Now 27, she is the unmarried mothe...

What does the single life look like and does it have anything in common with what the media show? This question has caused much discussion on the I...

The collection of ideas, values, and beliefs known as the Enlightenment fundamentally altered the ways in which the family was understood. During t...

Few people living in 1900 could have imagined what life would be like for children and families by the start of the 21st century. The 20th centur...

The Middle Ages (8001400) were a rich and vibrant period in the history of European culture, society, and intellectual thought. Emerging state po...

The period spanning the 15th to the 17th centuries saw an unprecedented interest in childrearing and the family. Renaissance humanist thought val...