Abela / Walker Contemporary Issues in Family Studies

Global Perspectives on Partnerships, Parenting and Support in a Changing World
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-32102-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten, E-Book

This volume tackles key issues in the changing nature of familylife from a global perspective, and is essential reading for thosestudying and working with families.
* Covers changes in couple relationships and the challenges thesepose; parenting practices and their implications for childdevelopment; key contemporary global issues, such as migration,poverty, and the internet, and their impact on the family; and therole of the state in supporting family relationships
* Includes a stellar cast of international contributors such asPaul Amato and John Coleman, and contributions from leading expertsbased in North Africa, Japan, Australia and New Zealand
* Discusses topics such as cohabitation, divorce, single-parenthouseholds, same-sex partnerships, fertility, and domesticviolence
* Links research and practice and provides policy recommendationsat the end of each chapter

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abela, Angela

Walker, Janet

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures xiv
List of Tables xv
Preface xvi
The Contributors xvi
About the Book xvii
Acknowledgements xviii
Contributors' Biographies xx
Part I Changing Couple and Family Relationships 1
1 Global Changes in Marriage, Parenting and Family Life: AnOverview 5
Angela Abela and Janet Walker
2 Cohabitation or Marriage? Contemporary Living Arrangements inthe West 16
Turid Noack, Eva Bernhardt and Kenneth Aarskaug Wiik
3 'Alone Together' Marriages and 'Living Apart Together'Relationships 31
Paul R. Amato and Lydia N. Hayes
4 Marriage and Divorce in the Western World 46
Jan Pryor
5 Divorce in the Arab Gulf Countries: A Major Challenge toFamily and Society 59
Layachi Anser
6 Couple and Family Dynamics and Escalations in Violence74
Justine van Lawick
7 Loving Diversity: Living in Intercultural Couple Relationships87
Danika N. Hiew, W. Kim Halford and Shuang Liu
8 Growing Older in a Changing World: Opportunities andChallenges for Family Life and Social Support 100
John Bond
Part II Parenthood, Parenting and Family Life 115
9 The Transition to Parenthood: Choices and Responsibilities119
Janet Walker
10 Why Fewer Babies? Understanding and Responding to LowFertility in Europe 136
Maria Letizia Tanturri
11 Mothers, Fathers, Families and Child Development 151
Gabriela Misca and Jo Smith
12 Raising Children in Single-Parent Families 166
Jan M. Nicholson, Fabrizio D'Esposito, Nina Lucas andElizabeth M. Westrupp
13 Sexual Orientation, Marriage and Parenthood: A GlobalPerspective 189
Charlotte J. Patterson, Rachel G. Riskind and Samantha L.Tornello
14 Parenting Teenagers 203
John Coleman
15 Working Families: Who Cares? 215
Simon B. Burnett, Jonathan Swan and Cary Cooper
16 Children and Divorce in World Perspective 227
Paul R. Amato and Lisa M. Boyd
Part III Global Impacts on Family Life 245
17 Globalisation and Family Life 249
Melinda Mills
18 The Internet and Its Implications for Children, Parents andFamily Relationships 262
Monica T. Whitty
19 Immigrant Families Coming to the West 275
Ubaldo Martínez Veiga
20 The 'Quiet Migration': Challenges for Families with ChildrenAdopted Internationally 288
Gabriela Misca
21 Families Living on the Margin in Affluent Societies 302
Angela Abela and Marie-Cécile Renoux
22 Mate Selection and Marriage Stability in the Maghreb317
Sabah Ayachi
23 Demographic Change and Its Impact on Relationships in Japanand East Asia 328
James M. Raymo
24 I Say a Little Prayer for You: Do Prayers Matter in Marriageand Family Life? 341
Frank D. Fincham
Part IV Looking to the Future: The Role of States inSupporting Families 355
25 Why Should States Have an Interest in Making FamiliesStronger? 357
Ruth Farrugia
26 Making a Global Case for Family Policy: How Families SupportSociety and How Policies Support Families 369
Karen Bogenschneider
27 Partnership, Parenting and Protecting Children's BestInterests: Implications for Policy and Practice 382
Janet Walker and Angela Abela
Index 393

Über Autor(innen)

Angela Abela is Associate Professor andHead of theDepartment of Family Studies at the University of Malta, as well asa clinical psychologist, family therapist, and supervisor. She is aconsultant for the Maltese government and the Standing Committeefor Family Affairs in the Maltese Parliament, and is frequentlyengaged as an expert for the Council of Europe. She has publishedon a wide range of areas, including children in out-of-home care,the relationship between adolescents and their parents, familiesliving in poverty, marital conflict, and supervision practice. She is an associate editor ofClinical Child Psychology andPsychiatry and an international advisory editor ofContemporary Family Therapy.
Janet Walker is an Officer of the Order of the BritishEmpire and Emeritus Professor of Family Policy in the Institute ofHealth and Society, Newcastle University.She has led over 50research studies in the fields of marriage and divorce, parenting,policing, youth justice, and family law processes. She haspublished in a wide variety of academic journals, presented papersat over 200 conferences around the world, and advised governmentson family mediation in England, China, Chile, Canada, and theCouncil of Europe. Currently, she is a board member of the CanadianInstitute for Law and the Family and a trustee of Relate. She hasheld several public appointments, most recently as Deputy Chair ofthe UK Social Security Advisory Committee.