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Product Description: This international collection brings together a selection of the most influential work on the concept of the 'Family' and related issues. Introductory chapters introduce the context for the main themes and concepts in each volume, and a comprehensive index allows the reader to navigate the collection with ease...read more

Product Description: The changing nature of the family is a topic of intense public concern. It also has been the focus of research in sociology and related disciplines for many years. Family Connections is a major new introduction to the study of the family, written by one of the leading scholars in the field...read more

Product Description: A critical perspective on the growing number of books dealing with issues of men and masculinities, this work looks at some of the theoretical, practical and political difficulties that arise when men begin to study themselves. The author also outlines some of the strategies that might be adopted to overcome these difficulties, including: a re-reading of sociological classics, and an examination of areas where masculinity comes under question; for example, male unemployment, changes in the structure of the workplace and the suffrage movement...read more

Product Description: Today issues of family policy and in particular the high divorce rate are increasingly matters of social and political concern. This book presents the first complete analysis of the history and development of marriage guidance in England...read more