Future Families: Diverse Forms, Rich Possibilities - Brossura

Parke, Ross D.

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ISBN 10: 0470674490 ISBN 13: 9780470674499

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2013

Riassunto

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

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Recensione

Ross Parke′s wonderful book arrives in a time when political culture wars have intensified (again), with widely clashing views about what ideal families should be like. Parke provides a detailed and engaging account of the diversity of contemporary families, laying waste along the way to many widely–held myths about what is healthy for parents and children that have dominated current discussions without paying attention to the evidence. This book will serve as the new go–to reference source for family scholars and their students in the social sciences and humanities. It will also be required reading for (open–minded) political decision–makers and family–service providers who are concerned with how we allocate resources for families, especially in these times of economic distress.
Professors Carolyn and Philip Cowan, Professors Emeriti, University of California, Berkeley

Future Families: Diverse Form, Rich Possibilities is the best introduction to the topic of family diversity that I have seen to date. A succinct but remarkably comprehensive treatment of the topic of family diversity.
Professor Frank Furstenberg, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

This is the most important book on the family to have been written in the 21st Century. It is unsurpassed in terms of its sensitive and erudite consideration of the key questions raised by contemporary family forms and the extent to which these questions can be answered by empirical research. It is brings the topic alive by including real–world examples and discussion of the social and psychological implications of Future Families a "must–read" for everyone with an interest in family life today.
Professor Susan Golombok, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge

Even Tolstoy, who thought all happy families resemble one another, could not have imagined the diversity of forms those happy families take, but Ross Parke has.  In this innovative book he provides context, understanding, and the scientific basis for appreciating differences in numbers of parents, gender of parents, and sources of children.  His scholarship will inform professionals, parents, policy–makers, students, and faculty about the continuing changes in modern family structure and life.
Arnold Sameroff, Ph. D. , Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Michigan

L'autore

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, includingFathers and Fatherhood, Throwaway Dads, Child Psychology: A Contemporary Perspective, andSocial Development.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0470674490
• ISBN 13: 9780470674499
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 296