Key Concepts in Family Studies

by Jane Ribbens McCarthy

• ISBN13: 9781412920063
• ISBN10: 141292006X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-29
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

This book's individual entries introduce, explain and contextualise the key topics within the study of the family. Definitions, summaries and key words are developed throughout with careful cross-referencing allowing students to move effortlessly between core ideas and themes.Each entry provides:'¢ Clear definitions'¢ Lucid accounts of key issues'¢ Up-to-date suggestions for further reading'¢ Informative cross-referencingRelevant, focused and accessible this book will provide students with an indispensible guide to the central concepts of family studies.

Author Biography

Jane Ribbens McCarthy is Reader in Family Studies in the Department of Social Policy and Criminology at the Open University. Rosalind Edwards is Professor in Sociology at the University of Southampton.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Attachment and Loss	p. 9
Biology	p. 12
Care	p. 17
Child Development	p. 21
Childhood/Children	p. 26
Comparative Approaches	p. 30
Conflict Theories	p. 34
Coupledom: Marriage/Partnership/Cohabitation	p. 37
Demography	p. 42
Division of Labour	p. 46
Domestic Violence and Abuse	p. 51
Families of Choice	p. 56
Family as Discourse	p. 58
Family Change and Continuity	p. 62
Family Effects	p. 66
Family Forms	p. 70
Family Law	p. 75
Family Life Cycle and Life Course	p. 79
Family Policies	p. 84
Family Practices	p. 88
Family Systems	p. 91
Fatherhood/Fathers/Fathering	p. 95
Feminisms	p. 99
Functionalism	p. 103
Grandparents	p. 106
Home	p. 111
Household	p. 115
Individualization	p. 118
Intimacy	p. 123
Kinship	p. 126
Motherhood/Mothers/Mothering	p. 131
Negotiation	p. 135
New Right	p. 138
Parenthood/Parents/Parenting	p. 141
Personal	p. 146
Phenomenological Approaches	p. 149
Post-Coupledom: Separation/Divorce/Widowhood	p. 153
Power	p. 157
Problem Families	p. 162
Public and Private	p. 166
Rationalities	p. 169
Role Theory	p. 172
Siblings	p. 176
Social Divisions	p. 179
Socialization	p. 184
Transnational Families	p. 187
Index of sub-concepts	p. 191
References	p. 225
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