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Fathers, Childcare and Work
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 310

Fathers, Childcare and Work

The work-life balance of fathers has increasingly come under scrutiny in political and academic debates and this collection brings together qualitative and quantitative analyses to explore their approaches to reconciling paid work and care responsibilities.

More than just a ‘Home’
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 302

More than just a ‘Home’

Considering the ways in which a family socially constructs a home, this is a much-needed investigation into how the house, its architecture, spatial arrangements and internal and external divisions shape and reshape family relationships in the face of constant challenges and change.

Conjugal Trajectories
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 286

Conjugal Trajectories

Multidisciplinary in scope and using predominantly qualitative approaches, Conjugal Trajectories: Relationship Beginnings, Change, and Dissolutions focuses upon relevant trajectories to better comprehend the evolving nature of conjugal relationships and its implications for family life moving forward.

Advanced Introduction to Family Policy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 160

Advanced Introduction to Family Policy

Written by eminent scholar Chiara Saraceno, this Advanced Introduction offers a synthetic overview of the core theoretical and policy issues involved in family policy, currently the most dynamic sector of social policies in both developed and developing countries. It discusses the three primary areas of family policy in contemporary society: financial support for the cost of children, short and long term care for children and dependent people, and work-family conciliation.

Indian Families
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 283

Indian Families

Demonstrating the tremendous diversity of families in India, as well as their ongoing evolution, this volume answers a clear call to dive deeper into the intimacy of the domestic sphere in one of the world’s largest and fastest growing societies.

Flexible Work and the Family
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 183

Flexible Work and the Family

Building upon the recent global escalation of the remote work phenomenon, Flexible Work and the Family provides timely insights into flexible work’s implications for the increasingly blurred work-life divide.

Cohabitation and the Evolving Nature of Intimate and Family Relationships
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 345

Cohabitation and the Evolving Nature of Intimate and Family Relationships

Given the tremendous diversity in cohabiting couples, as well as the increasing prominence of this form of intimate relationships, this volume provides a more thorough comprehension of the structures, effects, and intimate practice of cohabitation around the world.

Gender and Generational Division in EU Citizenship
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 261

Gender and Generational Division in EU Citizenship

Family law, gender equality, care arrangements and the consequences of demographic change have long been on the agenda of the European Union. However, these are coloured by national and cultural factors more than any other disputes, and form a barrier to the equalising of status for European citizens. Using an interdisciplinary approach, and bringing together law scholars, political scientists and sociologists, this book looks at the implications of the categorisation of identity in the European Union, and what they mean for the realisation of citizens’ rights throughout the EU.

Resilience and Familism
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 337

Resilience and Familism

A highly comprehensive ethnographic analysis, Resilience and Familism demonstrates in a specifically Filipino context how strong familial ties can affect inner strength and outer determination.

Children's Lives in Southern Europe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 267

Children's Lives in Southern Europe

This interdisciplinary book provides a sociological view of the contemporary experiences of children in Southern Europe. Focusing on regions deeply affected by the 2008 economic crisis, it offers a detailed investigation into the impact of economic downturn and austerity on the lives of children.