Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century: Exploring Diversity, Social Change and Inequalities, Quaid Sheila, Hugman Catriona, Wilcock Angela
Автор: Allen-Meares Paula, Shanks Trina R., Gant Larry M. Название: A Twenty-First Century Approach to Community Change: Partnering to Improve Life Outcomes for Youth and Families in Under-Served Neighborhoods ISBN: 0190463317 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190463311 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 141230.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The book discusses a university partner-the UM School of Social Work Technical Assistance Center (SSW-TAC)-with an embedded foundation driven initiative for neighborhood change to improve outcomes of youth before, during, and after the massive economic and demographic transformation of Detroit between 2006-2015.
Автор: Rowlingson Karen, Joseph Ricky, Overton Louise Название: Inter-Generational Financial Giving and Inequality: Give and Take in 21st Century Families ISBN: 1349957151 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349957156 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 83850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Despite growing concern about intergenerational tension and even possible conflict, the book finds evidence of a significant degree of intergenerational solidarity both within families at the micro level and between generations more generally within society at the macro level in Britain.
Автор: Meg Wilkes Karraker, Janet R. Grochowski Название: Families with Futures: Family Studies into the 21st Century, Second Edition ISBN: 0415885906 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415885904 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 91860.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Noted for its interdisciplinary approach to family studies, Families with Futures provides an engaging, contemporary look at the discipline's theories, methods, essential topics, and career opportunities. Featuring strong coverage of theories and methods, readers explore family concepts and processes through a positive prism. Concepts are brought to life through striking examples from everyday family life and cutting-edge scholarship. Throughout, families are viewed as challenged but resilient. Each chapter opens with a preview of the chapter content and concludes with key terms and varied learning activities that promote critical thinking. The activities include provocative questions and exercises, projects, and interactive web activities. Boxes feature authentic voices from scholars and practitioners (including CFLEs) from a variety of disciplines including family studies, sociology, psychology, and more.? These boxes provide a firsthand look at what it is like to work in the field. The book concludes with a glossary defining each chapter’s boldfaced key terms.Updated throughout, the new edition features new coverage of: The latest family theories including feminist theory and postmodernism Immigrant and transnational families in the 21st century Physiology, psychology, and sociology of intimacy and sexuality Effects of recent health and other policy decisions on families Care giving in families, especially in later life Family finances, with an emphasis on the recent economic downturns Career opportunities in family studies. The new Instructor’s Resource website features test questions, PowerPoint slides, chapter outlines, news bulletins of current events, hotlinks to helpful tools such as the NCFR’s Ethical Principles and Guidelines, and more. This is an ideal text for upper-level undergraduate and lower-level graduate courses in family studies, family ecology, and family science offered in departments of family and consumer sciences, human development, psychology, and sociology.
Noted for its interdisciplinary approach to family studies, Families with Futures provides an engaging, contemporary look at the discipline's theories, methods, essential topics, and career opportunities. Featuring strong coverage of theories and methods, readers explore family concepts and processes through a positive prism. Concepts are brought to life through striking examples from everyday family life and cutting-edge scholarship. Throughout, families are viewed as challenged but resilient.
Each chapter opens with a preview of the chapter content and concludes with key terms and varied learning activities that promote critical thinking. The activities include provocative questions and exercises, projects, and interactive web activities. Boxes feature authentic voices from scholars and practitioners (including CFLEs) from a variety of disciplines including family studies, sociology, psychology, and more. These boxes provide a firsthand look at what it is like to work in the field. The book concludes with a glossary defining each chapter's boldfaced key terms. Updated throughout, the new edition features new coverage of:
The latest family theories including feminist theory and postmodernism
Immigrant and transnational families in the 21st century
Physiology, psychology, and sociology of intimacy and sexuality
Effects of recent health and other policy decisions on families
Care giving in families, especially in later life
Family finances, with an emphasis on the recent economic downturns
Career opportunities in family studies.
The new Instructor's Resource website features test questions, PowerPoint slides, chapter outlines, news bulletins of current events, hotlinks to helpful tools such as the NCFR's Ethical Principles and Guidelines, and more.
This is an ideal text for upper-level undergraduate and lower-level graduate courses in family studies, family ecology, and family science offered in departments of family and consumer sciences, human development, psychology, and sociology.
Автор: Zaleski Kristen, Enrile Annalisa, Weiss Eugenia L. Название: Women`s Journey to Empowerment in the 21st Century: A Transnational Feminist Analysis of Women`s Lives in Modern Times ISBN: 0190927097 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190927097 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 120850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Written through the lens of transnational feminism, Women`s Journey to Empowerment in the 21st Century offers a global view into the patriarchal attitudes that shape cultural practices that oppress women and continue to take form in the modern era. By examining a range of issues, the book compels readers to utilize a contextual framework in taking a closer look at contemporary violence and oppression against women in our world.
