Sociology: Family & Relationships

The Greatest Gift is the ultimate guide to successful estate planningwithout the drama!For anyone who has worked their entire life to amass wealth,...

Around the globe, most families will invariably have to face the challenges associated with the disability of a family member. A child with a learn...

The Greatest Gift is the ultimate guide to successful estate planningwithout the drama!For anyone who has worked their entire life to amass wealth,...

Everyone needs to love and be loved - even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways that patriarchal culture keeps them from kno...

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...

This book draws upon innovative qualitative data sources to explore the significance of siblings throughout the life course, demonstrating why soci...

Because peoples contact with the criminal justice system comes in different shapes and forms, scholars are now broadening their analytical scope an...

The Routledge History of Loneliness takes a multidisciplinary approach to the history of a modern emotion, exploring its form and development acros...

This book characterises the problematic status of motherhood in present-day Iranian society that is, problem in the Foucauldian sense of an object...

It has long been argued that families play a crucial role in helping support prisoners during and beyond their time in prison. Through harnessing m...

This book provides an account of parenting support initiatives in children and family services from a number of jurisdictions, paying particular at...

As we become more aware of various social injustices in the world, many of us want to be part of the movement toward positive change. But sometimes...

Notions of Family: Intersectional Perspectives presents new and original research on gender and the institution of family featuring both quantitati...

Growing numbers of partners, parents, children, grandchildren and siblings are living far away from each other, yet their opportunities to stay in ...

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A cutting-edge study of marriages transformative effects on same-sex relationships.    It is no secret that marriage rates in the United States ar...

A cutting-edge study of marriages transformative effects on same-sex relationships.    It is no secret that marriage rates in the United States ar...

First published in 1978, The Sex Role System traces the phenomenon of sex role stereotyping through many different disciplines and areas of study, ...

Researching Children and Youth: Methodological Issues, Strategies, and Innovations, part of the Sociological Studies of Children and Youth series, ...

In Girl Talk, New York Times science reporter Jacqueline Mroz takes on the science of female friendship--a phenomenon that's as culturally powerful...

This book, from social theorist Peter King, considers how a dwelling can protect and promote both our anxieties and our relationships. Dwelling mag...

In Play and the Human Condition, Thomas Henricks brings together ways of considering play to probe its essential relationship to work, ritual, and ...

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...