Books On Family Sociology

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Sociology of Families Book by David M. Newman, Elizabeth Grauerholz

Advancing Family Theories Book by James M. White

New Poverty : Families in Postmodern Society - Book by David Cheal

The Sociology of the Family: A Reader Book by Graham A. Allan, Graham Allan (Editors)

Family Man: Fatherhood, Housework and Gender Equity Book by Scott Coltrane

Family Theories: An Introduction Book by James M. White, David M. Klein

Handbook of Family Diversity Book by David H. Demo, Katherine R. Allen, Mark A. Fine

Sociology of Families : Readings Book by Cheryl Albers (Editor)

Early Sociology of the Family (Making of Sociology) Book by Bryan S. Turner (Editor)

Sociology of the Family: Investigating Family Issues Book by Lee D. Millar Bidwell, Brenda J. Vander Mey

Haven in a Heartless World: The Family Besieged Book by Christopher Lasch

Family and Community Life of Older People Book by Chris Phillipson, Miriam Bernard, Judith Phillips, Jim Ogg

Kinship and social organisation (The early sociology of the family) Book by W. H. R Rivers

Reviews:

Sociology of Families Book by David M. Newman, Elizabeth Grauerholz
"I think there is a genuine need for a text like this, and everyone I know who teaches a basic undergraduate family class says that they need a text like this. It’s organized around current issues and changes in the family; it’s ‘reader friendly’, grabbing students’ interests; it makes connections between a sociological study of the family and the students’ experiences; and it emphasizes ‘diversity’- race, class, gender, and sexual orientation."
- JUDITH BARKER, Ithaca College
"Never before have I seen a text that offers such a unique and well-rounded view of the complexities of the family."
- KRISTIN BATES, California State University, San Marcos
" I like Newman's consistent attempt to connect personal troubles with social issues, a wonderful way to make social science come alive for undergraduates."
- DANA VANNOY, University of Cincinnati
Sociology of Families, Second Edition, begins at the level of the individual by examining familiar contemporary issues¾ topics students are likely to know or feel strongly about. Once this personal connection is established, David Newman and Liz Grauerholz show students the deeper and more detailed sociological underpinnings of the issues at hand, using the theories and data of social sciences to understand the meaning and broader relevance of these controversies and experiences.
The book is divided into three parts that are distinct from one another in style, content, and purpose. Part I contains five relatively short essays that cover some of the key controversial topics and questions swirling around the topic of family today. Part II provides students with a peek into the tools, concepts, and theories that sociologists commonly use in understanding society. Part III is organized around important social forces impacting today’s families. Improved implementation of "inductive" teaching style, upon which the book is based.

Advancing Family Theories Book by James M. White
"A perfect companion text for graduate courses on family theories. It is refreshing to have a single author pull no punches in articulating a viewpoint on where we have gone astray in family theory and how we can find our way again. Jim White has accomplished the nearly impossible mission of being informative, balanced, clear, and provocative at the same time."
-William J. Doherty, University of Minnesota
"Professor White has written a 'must-read' book for anyone interested in family theory. This well-written and timely text . . . tackles difficult topics head on, offering pragmatic solutions and nicely nuanced insights. Advancing Family Theories is exactly the sort of book that lends itself well to both the classroom and more specialized theoretical and empirical work."
-Jay Teachman, Western Washington University
How can the study of families be scientific? What is the difference between postmodern and positivistic approaches? What is the role of models and metaphors in constructing our theoretical knowledge? In Advancing Family Theories, author James M. White addresses such difficult questions that have been longstanding issues within the field of family studies and examines these matters from a social science perspective.
Advancing Family Theories explores two contemporary theories of the family-rational choice theory and transition theory. These diametrically different approaches illuminate what differing theories reveal about families. The book also discusses how meta-theories can assist in building and refining theory and offers insight on the "understanding versus explanation" debate. Advancing Family Theories gives students a precise notion of what a theory is and how theories work in research. The book not only looks at philosophical realms but also examines particular substantive theory to explain and predict family behaviors.
Key Features
Uses a theme of "models and metaphors" to unite what often seems to be conflicting approaches to theory and context
Allows readers to view differing research as theoretical and complementary rather than competitive and exclusive
Shows how to develop thesis research questions and how to identify theory relevant to substantive research interests

New Poverty : Families in Postmodern Society (Contributions in Sociology Vol 115) - Book by David Cheal
Analyzes the relationships between current family situations and the risks of being poor, locating specific causes of poverty within a broader context of problems in modernity and arguing that the sociology of poverty has entered a new, postmodern phase. Overviews the cultural and political significance of poverty research, introduces original data on poverty in the US and Canada, and discusses issues such as poverty in female-headed households and the role of the state in setting implicit poverty policies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Cheal argues that the sociology of poverty has entered a new postmodern phase. The "new poverty" is about loss of faith - in relationships that were once believed to last a lifetime, and in government programs that we used to think would last for generations.

The Sociology of the Family: A Reader Book by Graham A. Allan, Graham Allan (Editors)
This volume provides students with the essential readings for understanding the dominant issues in the sociology of the family. The editor presents the reader with a collection of important writings that include recent and currently relevant material as well as the rich variety of empirical work conducted in this field. The book conveys the continuing significance of gender in analysing the family and explores the important links between social research and social policy. The volume offers an excellent introduction to anyone interested in understanding the complexity of contemporary family life. It will be essential reading for all those studying the family within sociology, social policy, social work, heath and welfare and gender studies courses.

Family Man: Fatherhood, Housework and Gender Equity Book by Scott Coltrane
A lot of attention has been focused recently on the role of the father in the family. Companies have established policies on paternity leave, newspapers feature articles on househusbands, and parenting magazines now target male readers. On the other hand, the public's perception of fathers who take time out to help raise families and assist with household duties is likely to be colored by sitcom plots and Mr. Mom caricatures. Now Coltrane, coauthor of Sociology of Marriage and the Famil y (1991) and assistant sociology professor at University of California at Riverside, takes an in-depth, serious look at the role of the male in the family. He documents the historical division of labor between husband and wife before investigating shared parenting practices that have become more commonplace in those families where two parents have jobs. Because research has previously involved mostly white, middle-class families, Coltrane also considers Mexican American households. He concludes with a look at social trends and attempts to predict their effect on the future of the family. David Rouse--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
In Family Man, sociologist Scott Coltrane brings a wealth of compelling evidence to the debate over the American family. Drawing on his own extensive research and many fascinating interviews, Coltrane explores many of the common myths about shared parenting, provides firsthand accounts of men's and women's feelings in two-job families, and reveals some innovative solutions that couples have developed to balance job and family commitments.
Readers will find an insightful discussion of precisely how and why family life has changed, what forms it may take in the future, and what new kinds of fathers may be on the horizon. He provides, for instance, an illuminating history of the family that shows that, far from being a fixed structure, the family has always adapted to changing economic, social, and ideological pressures. And by examining how families operate in a variety of non-industrial societies, he demonstrates that our own notions of gender-specific work and parenting roles are culturally rather than biologically determined, and thus inherently flexible.
Family Man succeeds brilliantly in bringing clarity, perspective, and above all hope to a discussion that is too often shrill, chaotic, and beset with the rhetoric of nostalgia. It shows us not only exactly where the family is today, but where it has been and what it may become.

Family Theories: An Introduction Book by James M. White, David M. Klein
This solid revision of the best-selling Family Theories remains the only single-volume textbook to present family theory in a clear, approachable manner appropriate for both advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. James White and David Klein draw upon seven major theoretical frameworks developed by key social scientists to explain variation in family life, including the exchange, symbolic-interaction, family life course development, systems, conflict, feminist, and ecological theoretical frameworks. Brief fictional accounts or vignettes introduce each theoretical framework, concretely illustrating for students how the theory relates to very real aspects of family life. In addition, all chapters follow a uniform format that allows students to more easily compare and contrast theories. Each chapter also includes a typology for analyzing and comparing the seven frameworks while providing direction for future theory development.
Chapter One consolidates material on theory and philosophy of science previously spread across two introductory chapters.
A new chapter on feminist theories has been added (Chapter 7) and the chapter on ecological theories (Chapter 8) has been substantially updated and revised.
An incisive, thorough introduction to current theories of the family, Family Theories balances the diversity and richness of a broad scope of work from different perspectives with ease of use in a one-semester course. Recommended for courses in Theories of the Family, Marriage & the Family, Family Studies, and Sociology of the Family.

Handbook of Family Diversity Book by David H. Demo (Editor), Katherine R. Allen (Editor), Mark A. Fine (Editor)
The status of the American family has been the topic of considerable debate in recent years. As demographic changes make our country more multicultural, and as new types of family forms become more common, it is essential for sociologists, social workers, and psychologists to understand the full range of diversity in American families. To varying extents, African-American families, Hispanic-American families, lesbian and gay families, single-parent families, step families, and families with low socioeconomic status have been marginalized from mainstream scholarship on families. As a result, students taking courses on families are typically not exposed to the experiences of these groups.
The Handbook of Family Diversity fills this gap in scholarship by providing a comprehensive discussion of several key dimensions where families differ: race, socioeconomic status, family structure, and sexual orientation and gender. Featuring commissioned chapters by prominent senior scholars from a variety of fields, it discusses the multiple aspects of family interaction as they vary across different types of families as well as key public policy issues pertaining to family diversity.

Sociology of Families : Readings Book by Cheryl Albers (Editor)
"Cheryl Albers’ reader for use in family sociology courses is a cutting edge collection of articles about cutting edge topics. She addresses nine topics central and critical to family sociology and provided thoughtful articles from diverse perspectives for each, from adolescent childbearing to the construction of family policy. This volume of readings is where the students are. It could enrich any instructor's approach to the burning questions in the field of family sociology." Dana Vannoy, University of Cincinnati

Early Sociology of the Family (Making of Sociology) Book by Bryan S. Turner (Editor)
These titles, which helped to shape this developing field during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, include: John F. McLennan's Primitive Marriage [1865]; W. H. R. Rivers' Kinship and Social Organisation [1914]; C. N. Starke's The Primitive Family [1889]; E. R. Groves' and W. F. Ogburn's American Marriage and Family Relations [1928] and other crucial works.

Sociology of the Family: Investigating Family Issues Book by Lee D. Millar Bidwell, Brenda J. Vander Mey
Sociology of the Family includes in every chapter an article relevant to the topic at hand. These articles include excerpts from well-known books and journal articles. A brief summary and focus questions open the article, stimulating thought; then, a set of discussion questions follows, making the book interactive and promoting active learning. The book will draw readers in with its easy to understand writing style and its catchy opening situations at the beginning of every chapter. It then covers the important topics of race, social class, and gender, in separate chapters, and addresses these issues in all subsequent chapters. This book is unlike others in which theory and research methods are briefly mentioned in an opening chapter (never to be discussed again). In Sociology of the Family, the authors not only cover theory and methods in separate chapters, but theoretical perspectives are continually applied and methodological issues are consistently discussed in consequent chapters throughout the book. Readers will also appreciate the cross-cultural focus that runs throughout the book. With a strong emphasis on cross-cultural family dynamics, this text is excellent for courses that focus primarily on the U.S. or attempt to contextualize family patterns and trends and controversies in the U.S. by comparing them with other national or global trends. For anyone interested in Sociology of Family, Marriage and Family, or Comparative Family Systems.
Sociology of the Family includes in every chapter an article relevant to the topic at hand. These articles include excerpts from well-known books and journal articles. A brief summary and focus questions open the article, stimulating thought; then, a set of discussion questions follows, making the book interactive and promoting active learning. The book will draw readers in with its easy to understand writing style and its catchy opening situations at the beginning of every chapter. It then covers the important topics of race, social class, and gender, in separate chapters, and addresses these issues in all subsequent chapters. This book is unlike others in which theory and research methods are briefly mentioned in an opening chapter (never to be discussed again). In Sociology of the Family, the authors not only cover theory and methods in separate chapters, but theoretical perspectives are continually applied and methodological issues are consistently discussed in consequent chapters throughout the book. Readers will also appreciate the cross-cultural focus that runs throughout the book. With a strong emphasis on cross-cultural family dynamics, this text is excellent for courses that focus primarily on the U.S. or attempt to contextualize family patterns and trends and controversies in the U.S. by comparing them with other national or global trends. For anyone interested in Sociology of Family, Marriage and Family, or Comparative Family Systems.

Haven in a Heartless World: The Family Besieged Book by Christopher Lasch
Compelling social commentary, and brilliantly written, perhaps not surprising since Lasch was not a social scientist, but rather a professor of English Literature, at Columbia if I recall right, but in any case, at one of the Ivy League colleges. Lasch became interested in social trends, and ended up writing this fine book on the decline and destruction of the family in American life. Although the book is 20 years old at this point, Lasch's ideas are if anything more relevant now than they were back in the 70's.

Family and Community Life of Older People Book by Chris Phillipson, Miriam Bernard, Judith Phillips, Jim Ogg
Family and Community Life of Older People reflects the interest in how older people are affected by social change. The book focuses on three areas: Bethnal Green in London; Wolverhampton in the Midlands; and Woodford in Essex. Using these examples, Phillipson explores changes to the family and community lives of older people. This book will be essential reading for students in social policy, urban sociology, gerontology, social work and community studies and will also be relevant to policy makers.

Sociology of Family, Marriage and Family and Comparative Family Systems.

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