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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “hubert firth”
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  • Families and their Relatives

    by Hubert Firth, Forge Firth ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    As increased access to employment and educational opportunities brought dramatic changes to women's lives, sociologists began to look at the effect of women's changing roles on their children and families. Based on empirical investigations and personal experience, the studies included in the volumes of The Sociology of Gender and the Family set of The International Library of Sociology set out to ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • Equally Shared Parenting

    Rewriting the Rules for a New Generation of Parents

    by Marc Vachon, Amy Vachon ...
    This Is Parenting on Your Own TermsChances are, you'd rather not forfeit your happy, rested life the moment you become a parent. As a mom, you may want to keep your career, but aren't sure how to balance it with housework and childcare. As a dad, you probably want to witness your child's milestones, but a demanding job may get in the way. And what about time for yourself (never mind your sex life) ... Read more

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  • Adoptive Migration

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    by Jessaca B. Leinaweaver ...
    Spain has one of the highest per capita international adoption rates in the world. Internationally adopted kids are coming from many of the same countries as do the many immigrants who are radically transforming Spain's demographics. Based on interviews with adoptive families, migrant families, and adoption professionals, Jessaca B. Leinaweaver examines the experiences of Latin American children ... Read more

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  • Family Identity

    Ties, Symbols, and Transitions

    by Vittorio Cigoli, Eugenia Scabini ...
    Gender, generations, and lineage; faith, hope, and justice; gifts, duties, and debts; affection, responsibility, and generativity; values, secrets, and objectives; transmissions and transitions: these are the primary themes of family. They refer to what the family relationship builds in terms of organizational structure, motives, and objectives. Family assumes different forms and attire according ... Read more

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  • Outsourced Children

    Orphanage Care and Adoption in Globalizing China

    by Leslie K. Wang ...
    It's no secret that tens of thousands of Chinese children have been adopted by American parents and that Western aid organizations have invested in helping orphans in China—but why have Chinese authorities allowed this exchange, and what does it reveal about processes of globalization?Countries that allow their vulnerable children to be cared for by outsiders are typically viewed as weaker global ... Read more

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  • The Abortion Papers Ireland: Volume 2

    Edited by Aideen Quility, Catherine Conlon, Sinéad Kennedy ...
    The Abortion Papers is a unique edited collection that provides key reflections and scholarship on the Irish abortion regime generated in the period between the 1992 X case, the death of Savita Halappanavar in 2012 and the subsequent introduction in 2013 of limited abortion legislation. The ideas generated in the volume come from the different but complementary perspectives of activism and ... Read more

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  • Rethinking Family Practices

    by D. Morgan ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Leading family sociologist David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach in this new book. Exploring its impact, and how it has been critiqued, Morgan shows the continued relevance of the approach with reference to time and space, the body, emotions, ethics and work/life balance. ... Read more

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  • Philosophy, Law and the Family

    A New Introduction to the Philosophy of Law

    by Laurence D. Houlgate ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This textbook uses cases in family law to illustrate both traditional philosophical problems in the law as well as problems that are unique to family law. In the beginning chapters family law cases are employed to introduce the reader to philosophical debates about the relationship between law and morals, about how one ought to interpret the U.S. Constitution and its amendments, about the ... Read more

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  • Generations

    by Kenneth A. Hordge Sr. ...
    Generations is a book about the authors search for his ancestors. The book traces the authors genealogy back through slavery. As the author states; we cannot possibly know ourselves, let alone know where we are going until we are willing to first take the time to learn from where, and from whom we have come. Like many, the author grew up attending public schools and hating history. However, as he ... Read more

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    by Joey Franklin ...
    Series series American Lives
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  • Bisexuality

    Identities, Politics, and Theories

    by Surya Monro ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an accessible introduction to bisexuality studies, set within the context of contemporary social theory and research. Drawing on interviews conducted in the UK and Colombia, it maps out the territory, providing a means of understanding sexualities that are neither gay, nor lesbian, nor heterosexual. ... Read more

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