Author : Elizabeth Elmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:631406751
Children in jeopardy
Elizabeth Elmer
Families In Jeopardy
Families In Jeopardy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Families In Jeopardy book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
The Widening Gap
Jody Heymann
Author : Jody Heymann
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780465012275
The Widening Gap by Jody Heymann Pdf
This hard-hitting book draws on the first systematic national research on how the need to meet family obligations is affecting working Americans of all social classes and ethnic groups. What happens when kids get sick? When an elderly parent is hospitalized? How do poor families cope with work-family demands? Jody Heymann's research points to a widening gap between working families and the health and development of children. Outdated labor policy and practice must be brought into the twenty-first century, argues Heymann. To do less is to abandon the precepts of equal opportunity on which America is founded.
Families in Jeopardy
Roddey Reid
Author : Roddey Reid
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804722242
Families in Jeopardy by Roddey Reid Pdf
This interdisciplinary study shows how a new commercial and learned print culture attempted to write and regulate individual and collective practices in terms of a master idiom of family, sexuality, and gender upon which a post-revolutionary national community would turn. Offering a radical new approach to family and textuality in the field of cultural and literary studies, the author argues that from its very inception this print culture - from domestic manuals to public health reports and, most notably, prose fiction - promoted new norms of behavior and selfhood, not through narratives of idealized family life, but instead by means of a rhetoric of danger, lack, and pathology. The book follows familial discourse as it assigns deficient or illicit behaviors to ever wider social groups, from the Old Regime nobility and the traditional bourgeoisie to the new middle classes, urban workers, and the peasants in the countryside to, finally, the new social elites of the late nineteenth century. The author describes how the lack of normative family and sexuality became the primary tactic for designating social others within the social body and for reworking social and gender identities so as to authorize new knowing practices and expertise and new objects of knowledge and discipline. Furthermore, through analyses of novels by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Sue, Balzac, Sand, Zola, and Gide, the author demonstrates that the peculiar force of the French novel resided in its power to reach wide, newly literate audiences and to inscribe new identities and desires through the reading process. Finally, the book proposes the provocative thesis that because of these tales of threatened or failed family life the domestic conjugal household has never "worked," even down to our time; it has always been in crisis, endangered by forces from without and within, and thus in constant "need" of protection and renewal.
Reshaping the Work-Family Debate
Joan C. Williams
Author : Joan C. Williams
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780674064492
Reshaping the Work-Family Debate by Joan C. Williams Pdf
The United States has the most family-hostile public policy in the developed world. Despite what is often reported, new mothers don't Òopt outÓ of work. They are pushed out by discriminating and inflexible workplaces. Today's workplaces continue to idealize the worker who has someone other than parents caring for their children. Conventional wisdom attributes women's decision to leave work to their maternal traits and desires. In this thought-provoking book, Joan Williams shows why that view is misguided and how workplace practice disadvantages menÑboth those who seek to avoid the breadwinner role and those who embrace itÑas well as women. Faced with masculine norms that define the workplace, women must play the tomboy or the femme. Both paths result in a gender bias that is exacerbated when the two groups end up pitted against each other. And although work-family issues long have been seen strictly through a gender lens, we ignore class at our peril. The dysfunctional relationship between the professional-managerial class and the white working class must be addressed before real reform can take root. Contesting the idea that women need to negotiate better within the family, and redefining the notion of success in the workplace, Williams reinvigorates the work-family debate and offers the first steps to making life manageable for all American families.
Families in Crisis in the Old South
Loren Schweninger
Author : Loren Schweninger
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780807835692
Families in Crisis in the Old South by Loren Schweninger Pdf
Families in Crisis in the Old South: Divorce, Slavery, and the Law
Children, Youth, and Families in the Midwest
United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families
Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Child welfare
ISBN : UOM:39015008397062
Children, Youth, and Families in the Midwest by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families Pdf
American Families in Fact and Fiction
Juli Barry
Author : Juli Barry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCSD:31822025833641
American Families in Fact and Fiction by Juli Barry Pdf
Life-Span Developmental Psychology
Edward J. Callahan,Kathleen A. McCluskey
Author : Edward J. Callahan,Kathleen A. McCluskey
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781483268644
Life-Span Developmental Psychology by Edward J. Callahan,Kathleen A. McCluskey Pdf
Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Nonnormative Life Events documents the proceedings of the 7th West Virginia University Life-Span Conference, held in Morgantown, WV, in May 1980. This volume focuses on the effects of nonnormative life crises, those which occur to only certain individuals within a specific culture or group and are for the most part considered to be disruptive to the normal life course. Contributors were invited from a number of orientations and academic disciplines, ranging from traditional life-span psychologists to practicing clinical psychologists. The dynamic interplay of these diverse approaches results in a very exciting level of intellectual and practical stimulation, which is reflected in the chapters of this volume. The chapters are grouped topically to mirror the pairings of the conference presentations. Key topics covered include the dimensionalization of life events; adolescent pregnancy and parenthood; grief and adjustment for families dealing with sudden infant death; family violence; and impact of divorce on children.
Working With Families: Guidelines and Techniques
John T. Edwards
Author : John T. Edwards
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118138816
Working With Families: Guidelines and Techniques by John T. Edwards Pdf
A complete guide for helping professionals, with tried-and-true techniques for practicing family counseling therapy Now in its second edition, Working With Families: Guidelines and Techniques is filled with up-to-date, systems-oriented techniques focused on field-tested results. Outlining the dos and don'ts of working with different types of families and the various complications, nuances, and complexities that can occur, this practical guide provides a broad and proven selection of interventions, processes, and guidelines for working interactively, systematically, and compassionately with families. Working With Families, Second Edition covers a range of topics including: Family work in different settings Session-by-session guidelines Therapeutic themes by family type Managing adolescents in family sessions Dealing with fear of family work Family mapping Strategic child assessment Chemical dependence and its impact on families Informed by the author's many years of experience in the field, both as a clinician and as a trainer, Working With Families, Second Edition offers an invaluable systems-oriented, goal-directed, problem-solving approach to family counseling therapy for all mental health professionals.
Television Families
William Douglas
Author : William Douglas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-02-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135642204
Television Families by William Douglas Pdf
This volume examines the analysis that was designed to map the development of the television family and assess its current state and, at the same time, to provide insight into the tangled relationships between fictional and real family life. In order to do this, the investigation examines the evolution of the American family, paying special attention to the postwar family, which is not only used recurrently as a benchmark for assessing the performance of modern families but also constituted television's first generation of families. The investigation also traces the evolution of the popular family in vaudeville, comics, and radio. However, the primary focus of the examination is the development of the television family, from families, such as the Nelsons, Andersons, and Cleavers, to more contemporary families, such as the Huxtables, Conners, and Taylors. The unit of analysis for the investigation is the relationship rather than the individual. Hence, the book deals with the portrayal of spousal, parent-child, and sibling relationships and how those portrayals differ across time and across groups defined by ethnicity, gender, and age. Moreover, the relational analysis is expansive so that television family relationships are examined in regard to power and affect, performance, and satisfaction and stability. Television Families provides a thorough summary and critical review of extant research, designed to promote informed classroom discussion. At the same time, it advances a number of hypotheses and recommendations and, as such, is intended to influence subsequent theory and research in the area. The book is intended for senior undergraduate students, graduate students, and television and family researchers.
Work and Family
Steven A.Y. Poelmans
Author : Steven A.Y. Poelmans
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135614966
Work and Family by Steven A.Y. Poelmans Pdf
The entrance of women into managerial positions in significant numbers brings work and family issues to center stage, shifting the spotlight from issues of entry and equality of access to the consideration of the work-family conflicts and the difficulties posed on female managers. Looking at new approaches to enhance the work-family interface individually and in the firm, Work and Family: An International Research Perspective: *provides an overview on the antecedents of work-family conflict and the major consequences of work-family conflict, for well-being, productivity, and the strength of the relationship with the firm; *discusses the migrant's work and family experiences in terms of the demands, opportunities, and constraints they face and the role of work-family culture in reconciling the demands of work and family in organizations; *presents descriptive data concerning the linkages between work-family pressure and several known correlates and the differences in reported levels of each of these variables; *explores the work-life balance challenges and opportunities created by global assignments; *examines the work-family interface of the Western model and urban sub-saharan Africa; *emphasizes the importance of organizational change to the dynamics of work-family policies; and *highlights the progress in moving the field toward an open-systems perspective. Written by well-known contributors, this book offers international research in order to test the models mostly developed in the United States. In addition, it develops new models to capture the complexity and diversity of work-family experiences around the globe and explores cross-cultural topics.
Defining the Family
Janet L. Dolgin
Author : Janet L. Dolgin
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780814719176
Defining the Family by Janet L. Dolgin Pdf
Defining the Family: Law, Technology, and Reproduction in an Uneasy Age provides a sweeping portrait of the family in American law from the nineteenth century to the present. The family today has come to be defined by individuality and choice. Pre-nuptial agreements, non-marital cohabitation, gay and lesbian marriages have all profoundly altered our ideas about marriage and family. In the last few years, reproductive technology and surrogacy have accelerated this process of change at a breathtaking rate. Once simple questions have taken on a dizzying complexity: Who are the real parents of a child? What are the relationships and responsibilities between a child, the woman who carried it to term, and the egg donor? Between viable sperm and the wife of a dead donor? The courts and the law have been wildly inconsistent and indecisive when grappling with these questions. Should these cases be decided in light of laws governing contracts and property? Or it is more appropriate to act in the best interests of the child, even if that child is unborn, or even unconceived? No longer merely settling disputes among family members, the law is now seeing its own role expand, to the point where it is asked to regulate situations unprecedented in human history. Janet L. Dolgin charts the response of the law to modern reproductive technology both as it transforms our image of the family and is itself transformed by the tide of social forces.
Children and Families in the Social Environment
James Garbarino
Author : James Garbarino
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351528962
Children and Families in the Social Environment by James Garbarino Pdf
The first edition of this volume successfully applied Bronfenbrenner's "micro-systems" taxonomy to childrearing and family life. Emphasizing how forces in the environment influence children's behavior, Garbarino has staked out an intermediate position between the psychoanalytic and the systems approach to human development. Taking cognizance of new research and of changes in American society, Garbarino has once again carefully analyzed the importance of children's social relationships. For this wholly revised second edition, he has incorporated a greater emphasis on ethnic, cultural, and racial issues.
The Routledge Handbook of Family Communication
Anita L. Vangelisti
Author : Anita L. Vangelisti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136946370
The Routledge Handbook of Family Communication by Anita L. Vangelisti Pdf
With a synthesis of research on issues key to understanding family interaction, as well as an analysis of many theoretical and methodological choices made by researchers studying family communication, the Handbook serves to advance the field by reframing old questions and stimulating new ones. The contents are comprised of chapters covering: theoretical and methodological issues influencing current conceptions of family; research and theory centering around the family life course communication occurring in a variety of family forms individual family members and their relationships dynamic communication processes taking place in families family communication embedded in social, cultural, and physical contexts. Key changes to the second edition include: updates throughout, providing a thorough and up-to-date overview of research and theory new topics reflecting the growth of the discipline, including chapters on "singles" as family members, emerging adults, and physiology and physical health. Highlighting the work of scholars across disciplines--communication, social psychology, clinical psychology, sociology, family studies, and others--this volume captures the breadth and depth of research on family communication and family relationships. The well-known contributors approach family interaction from a variety of theoretical perspectives and focus on topics ranging from the influence of structural characteristics on family relationships to the importance of specific communication processes.
Making Families
Jane Ribbens McCarthy,Rosalind Edwards,Val Gillies
Author : Jane Ribbens McCarthy,Rosalind Edwards,Val Gillies
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134282050
Making Families by Jane Ribbens McCarthy,Rosalind Edwards,Val Gillies Pdf
This book goes to the heart of academic, political and popular debates, as well as professional concerns, about the nature of contemporary family life and parenting. Families are widely discussed in western societies as breaking down or as radically changing, with step-families in particular seen as evidence of such trends. In one of the first British in-depth sociological research studies for over two decades, this book provide evidence of parents' and step-parents' own understandings and experiences of their parenting in step-families. It addresses questions such as: What does it mean to be a family? Do people in step-families see themselves as making a different kind of family? Is individual happiness in a couple relationship prioritised at the expense of responsibilities towards children? Can a step-parent ever be regarded as the same as a biological mother or father? What do people in step-families do to try to make step-family life work? The book looks at how people create, understand and experience their parenting and family lives. It reveals how these understandings are rooted in a strong sense of moral responsibility, but that what such responsibility constitutes varies according to gender and social class. In particular, it draws out key theoretical implications for understanding the nature of morality, fairness and justice, and questions ideas about individualisation and the democratisation of family life. This book will be essential reading for those concerned with the study of contemporary family lives, including sociologists, social policy analysts, family therapists, professionals and practitioners. It is also relevant to those interested in contemporary morality and everyday experiences.