Ross D. Parke

Future Families

Diverse Forms, Rich Possibilities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An interdisciplinary look at changing family models in recent decades, Future Families draws from work in many areas including developmental psychology, sociology, cross-cultural scholarship, ethnic studies, history, legal studies, economics, and more. Ideal for courses in any of these areas, the text looks at ways in which an increased acceptance of new family forms can potentially benefit children's socio-emotional development.

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Future Families explores the variety of family forms which characterize our contemporary culture, while addressing the implications of these increasingly diverse family units on child development.

Reveals the diversity of new family forms based on the most current research on fathers, same-gender parents, new reproductive technologies, and immigrant families
Illustrates that children and adults can thrive in a variety of non-traditional family forms
Shows the interrelatedness of new trends in family organization through the common themes of embedded families and caregiving in community and cultural contexts
Features an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from works in areas that include child development, family studies, sociology, cross-cultural scholarship, ethnic studies, biology, neuroscience, anthropology and even architecture
Sets an agenda for future research in the area of families by identifying important gaps in our knowledge about families and parenting

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780470674499
• ISBN-10: 0470674490
• Artikelnr.: 37256789

Autorenporträt

Ross D. Parke is Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, and past Director of the Center for Family Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He has authored or co-authored several books on the field, including Fathers and Fatherhood, Throwaway Dads, Child Psychology: A Contemporary Perspective, and Social Development.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Challenges to the Ideal Family Form Chapter 2 Changing Parental
Roles: The Sharing and Redistribution of Family Responsibility in
Contemporary Families Chapter 3 Further Assaults on the "Ideal" Family
Form: Divorce, Re-Marriage, Single Parenthood and Cohabitation Chapter 4
Same-Gender Families: Are Two Mothers or Fathers Good Enough? Chapter 5 How
Many "Parents" Are Too Many? Insights from the Assisted Reproductive
Technologies Chapter 6 Many Mothers, Many Fathers, Many Others: Insights
from Other Cultures Chapter 7 All About Relatives and Fictive Relatives:
Insights from Diverse Ethnic Groups in Our Own Culture (Past and Present)
Chapter 8 Multiple Caregivers: Harmful or Helpful for Caregivers Themselves
Chapter 9 In Support of Alternative Family Forms: Overcoming the Barriers
to Change

Rezensionen

Link to review in Issuu.com - Winter 2014
"The book is best thought of as a stimulus to new conversations about our conception of families and an exploration of the implications of changing family forms for children's development." (Society for Research in Child Development, 1 January 2014)