The Changing Faces of Families: Diverse Family Forms in Various Policy Contexts (Routledge Studies in Family Sociology)

Synopsis

With a focus on nine different national contexts, this book explores contemporary family diversity. With attention to the different welfare states and cultures of care in each setting, it problematizes the pre-eminence of research and policy centered on heteronormative families, showing the extent to which family diversity exists cross-nationally in relation to different gendered and "family-friendly" policies. Considering variations in family forms, including differences in the number and marital status of parents, their gender, sexual orientation and biological relationship to the children (adoption), multicultural families, and families created by technological assistance or surrogacy, it presents demographic information, alongside quantitative and qualitative research, across a number of advanced countries. A contribution to our understanding of the diversity of family forms, how diversity is lived in families, and what family diversity means in various international policy contexts. The Changing Faces of Families will appeal to scholars with interests in the sociology of the family.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781000901542

Related ISBNs:

9781000901498, 9781003193500, 9781032045030, 9781032045023

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

02/17/24

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Marina A. Adler and Karl Lenz individual chapters, the contributors

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Social Studies, Sociology

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Marina A. Adler

Edited by:

Karl Lenz