Quah Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-134-71290-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 550 Seiten

Research on the family has expanded considerably across Asia but studies tend to be fragmented, focusing on narrow issues within limited areas (cities, towns, small communities) and may not be accessible to international readers. These limitations make it difficult for researchers, students, policy makers, and practitioners to obtain the information they need. The Routledge Handbook of Families in Asia fills that gap by providing a current and comprehensive analysis of Asian families by a wide range of experts in a single publication.

The thirty-two chapters of this comparative and multi-disciplinary volume are organized into nine major themes: conceptual approaches, methodological issues, family life in the context of culture, family relationships across the family life cycle, issues of work and income, stress and conflict, family diversity, family policy and laws, and environmental setting of homes. Each chapter examines family life across Asian countries, studying cultural similarities and differences and exploring how families are changing and what trends are likely to develop in the future. To provide a fruitful learning experience for the reader, each chapter offers examples, relevant data, and a comprehensive list of references.

Offering a complete interdisciplinary overview of families in Asia, the Handbook will be of interest to students, academics, policy makers and practitioners across the disciplines of Asian Studies, Sociology, Demography, Social Work, Law, Social Policy, Anthropology, Geography, Public Health and Architecture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Quah, Stella R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Stella R. Quah

Part 1: Introduction
1. Families in Asia: A Kaleidoscope of Continuity and Change Stella R. Quah

Part 2: Conceptualizing 'Family' in the Asian Context
2. Family Theories in the Asian Context James M. White
3. Feminist, Constructionist and Other Critical Theories Wing-Chung Ho

Part 3: Methodological Issues in Family Research
4. Ascertaining Family Phenomena: Measuring Family Behaviour Shannon N. Davis
5. Challenges of Longitudinal Family Studies in Asia Peter Xenos

Part 4: Family Life in the Context of Culture
6. Singlehood as a Life Style in Asia Trinidad Osteria
7. Dating and Courtship Stella R. Quah and Fumie Kumagai
8. Marriage Practices and Trends Emiko Ochiai
9. Fertility Trends in Asia: Prospects and Implications of Very Low Fertility Paul P.L. Cheung
10. Motherhood and Childbirth Practices in Asia Eliana Naser
11. Fatherhood in Asian Contexts Masako Ishii-Kuntz
12. Early Childhood Socialization and Well-being Lucy P. Jordan and Elspeth Graham
13. Adolescents and Transition to Adulthood in Asia Chin-Chun Yi

Part 5: Family Relationships Across the Life Cycle
14. Married Couples and the Marital Relationship in Asia Stella R. Quah
15. Parent-child and Sibling Relationships in Contemporary Asia Chau-kiu Cheung
16. Ageing and Grandparenting in Asia Ling Xu and Iris Chi

Part 6: Family, Work and Income
17. Working Couples: The Dual Income Family Leah Ruppanner
18. Breadwinning, Family and Time over the Life Course Susan A. McDaniel
19. Social Class, Poverty and Family Life: Asian Perspectives Irene Y.H. Ng

Part 7: Uncertainty, Stress and Conflict in the Family
20. Preventing and Managing Conflict in the Family Chan Yuk-Chung
21. Spousal Violence and In-law Conflict in Asia: The Case of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong Tuen Yi Chiu and Susanne Y.P. Choi
22. Divorce Trends and Patterns in Asia Gavin Jones
23. Remarriage and Stepfamilies Shinji Nozawa
24. Illness and Caregiving in the Family Stella R. Quah

Part 8: Family Diversity
25. Cohabitation in Asia Karen Kobayashi and Ruth Kampen
26. Cohabitation: The Case of Thailand Aree Jampaklay and Aksarapak Lucktong

Part 9: Family, Policies and the Law
27. Divorce, the Family Court, and Family Lawyering Debbie S.L. Ong
28. Legal Protection of Minors: Experiences of Four Common Law Jurisdictions in Asia Wing-Cheong Chan
29. Legal Protection of Aged Parents and Inheritance Laws in Asia Chen Siyuan

Part 10: Space and Environmental Settings of Family Life
30. Making a Home: Architectural Features Kyung Wook Seo
31. Working from Home: Redesigning Internal Space Use in Homes Frances Holliss

Über Autor(innen)

Stella R. Quah is an Adjunct Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, National University of Singapore.