Family Upheaval

Author : Mikkel Rytter
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857459404

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Family Upheaval by Mikkel Rytter Pdf

Pakistani migrant families in Denmark find themselves in a specific ethno-national, post-9/11 environment where Muslim immigrants are subjected to processes of non-recognition, exclusion and securitization. This ethnographic study explores how, why, and at what costs notions of relatedness, identity, and belonging are being renegotiated within local families and transnational kinship networks. Each entry point concerns the destructive–productive constitution of family life, where neglected responsibilities, obligations, and trust lead not only to broken relationships, but also, and inevitably, to the innovative creation of new ones. By connecting the micro-politics of the migrant family with the macro-politics of the nation state and global conjunctures in general, the book argues that securitization and suspicion—launched in the name of “integration”—escalate internal community dynamics and processes of family upheaval in unpredicted ways.

Author : Jared Diamond
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780316409155

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Upheaval by Jared Diamond Pdf

A "riveting and illuminating" Bill Gates Summer Reading pick about how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't (Yuval Noah Harari), by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the landmark bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel. In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crises while adopting selective changes -- a coping mechanism more commonly associated with individuals recovering from personal crises. Diamond compares how six countries have survived recent upheavals -- ranging from the forced opening of Japan by U.S. Commodore Perry's fleet, to the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, to a murderous coup or countercoup in Chile and Indonesia, to the transformations of Germany and Austria after World War Two. Because Diamond has lived and spoken the language in five of these six countries, he can present gut-wrenching histories experienced firsthand. These nations coped, to varying degrees, through mechanisms such as acknowledgment of responsibility, painfully honest self-appraisal, and learning from models of other nations. Looking to the future, Diamond examines whether the United States, Japan, and the whole world are successfully coping with the grave crises they currently face. Can we learn from lessons of the past? Adding a psychological dimension to the in-depth history, geography, biology, and anthropology that mark all of Diamond's books, Upheaval reveals factors influencing how both whole nations and individual people can respond to big challenges. The result is a book epic in scope, but also his most personal yet.

Author : Judith Stacey
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998-07-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0520214005

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Brave New Families by Judith Stacey Pdf

A study of how the traditional nuclear family has been supplanted by a variety of new relationships that are not defined by blood ties and traditional gender roles. The text explores the boundaries of the American family and the relationship between family and work.

Author : Merry White
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-12
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0520217543

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Perfectly Japanese by Merry White Pdf

Are Japanese families in crisis? In this study, Merry Isaacs White looks back at two key moments of 'family making' in the past hundred years - the Meiji era and postwar period - to see how models for the Japanese family have been constructed.

Author : Judith Stacey
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520214002

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Brave New Families by Judith Stacey Pdf

A study of how the traditional nuclear family has been supplanted by a variety of new relationships that are not defined by blood ties and traditional gender roles. The text explores the boundaries of the American family and the relationship between family and work.

Author : Arthur Levine,Scott J. Van Pelt
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421442587

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The Great Upheaval by Arthur Levine,Scott J. Van Pelt Pdf

How will America's colleges and universities adapt to remarkable technological, economic, and demographic change? The United States is in the midst of a profound transformation the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Industrial Revolution, when America's classical colleges adapted to meet the needs of an emerging industrial economy. Today, as the world shifts to an increasingly interconnected knowledge economy, the intersecting forces of technological innovation, globalization, and demographic change create vast new challenges, opportunities, and uncertainties. In this great upheaval, the nation's most enduring social institutions are at a crossroads. In The Great Upheaval, Arthur Levine and Scott Van Pelt examine higher and postsecondary education to see how it has changed to become what it is today—and how it might be refitted for an uncertain future. Taking a unique historical, cross-industry perspective, Levine and Van Pelt perform a 360-degree survey of American higher education. Combining historical, trend, and comparative analyses of other business sectors, they ask • how much will colleges and universities change, what will change, and how will these changes occur? • will institutions of higher learning be able to adapt to the challenges they face, or will they be disrupted by them? • will the industrial model of higher education be repaired or replaced? • why is higher education more important than ever? The book is neither an attempt to advocate for a particular future direction nor a warning about that future. Rather, it looks objectively at the contexts in which higher education has operated—and will continue to operate. It also seeks to identify likely developments that will aid those involved in steering higher education forward, as well as the many millions of Americans who have a stake in its future. Concluding with a detailed agenda for action, The Great Upheaval is aimed at policy makers, college administrators, faculty, trustees, and students, as well as general readers and people who work for nonprofits facing the same big changes.

Author : Merav Shohet
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520976702

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Silence and Sacrifice by Merav Shohet Pdf

How do families remain close when turbulent forces threaten to tear them apart? In this groundbreaking book based on more than a decade of research set in Vietnam, Merav Shohet explores what happens across generations to families that survive imperialism, war, and massive political and economic upheaval. Placing personal sacrifice at the center of her story, Shohet recounts vivid experiences of conflict, love, and loss. In doing so, her work challenges the idea that sacrifice is merely a blood-filled religious ritual or patriotic act. Today, domestic sacrifices—made largely by women—precariously knot family members together by silencing suffering and naturalizing cross-cutting gender, age, class, and political hierarchies. In rethinking ordinary ethics, this intimate ethnography reveals how quotidian acts of sacrifice help family members forge a sense of continuity in the face of trauma and decades of dramatic change.

Author : Barbara A. Mitchell
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773382494

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Family Matters, Fourth Edition by Barbara A. Mitchell Pdf

Now in its fourth edition, Family Matters offers an enriched discussion on a variety of substantive issues experienced by diverse Canadian families across the life course. Adopting a feminist sociological approach throughout, this popular textbook explores family dynamics through a critical life course theoretical lens. This over-arching perspective is used to examine how social, economic, and historical processes related to gender roles, age and generational location, ethnicity and race, geographical location, and social change shape contemporary family life. As a leading name in sociology, Barbara Mitchell has thoroughly updated the previous edition to reflect timely current events, recent census data, and cutting-edge research. Providing more detailed and nuanced discussions of many areas including life course and other styles of critical theorizing on families, this new edition examines the history of slavery and Black family life in Canada, Indigenous families, foreign/temporary workers, intersectional and racialized processes influencing families, youth activism, transgender children, technology and social media, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aging families. Approachable, concise, and filled with discussion questions, activities, and resources for further reading, Family Matters is the perfect resource for students enrolled in introductory or advanced level courses in family sociology and gender studies. FEATURES - Up-to-date material featuring current events, recent research studies and statistics, including census and other national data sets - New and expanded content on a wide range of timely topics, such as Indigenous and racialized family life, transgender children, technology and social media ,and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Author : Carolyn Mackler
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0763619582

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The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler Pdf

Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia Shreves tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her. 10,000 first printing.

Author : Anthony Elliott
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0742526909

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Critical Visions by Anthony Elliott Pdf

Drawing social theory, cultural studies, and psychoanalysis together in a bold configuration, Elliott challenges the widespread view that social theory seems to have lost its way as a result of the diversification of conceptual approaches.

Author : Mrs. Blanche Shinn Jobes Paget,Alice Channing,Douglas Armour] [Thom,United States. Children's Bureau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Adolescence
ISBN : UIUC:30112003013569

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The A B C of Foster-family Care for Children ... by Mrs. Blanche Shinn Jobes Paget,Alice Channing,Douglas Armour] [Thom,United States. Children's Bureau Pdf

Author : Blanche J. Paget
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Adoption
ISBN : UIUC:30112102049969

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The A B C of Foster-family Care for Children ... by Blanche J. Paget Pdf

Author : David Claydon
Publisher : William Carey Library
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0878083634

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A New Vision, a New Heart, a Renewed Call by David Claydon Pdf

Author : Susan L. Brown
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520961241

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Families in America by Susan L. Brown Pdf

In this accessible, engaging, and up-to-date course book, Susan L. Brown employs ethnographic vignettes and demographic data to introduce students to twenty-first century perspectives on contemporary families. Appropriate as a primary or secondary text in classes on family and marriage, this book probes momentous shifts in the definition of family, such as the legalization of same-sex marriage and policy debates on welfare reform and work-family issues. Brown also explores the rise in nonmarital childbearing and single-mother families and the decline of “traditional” marriage by delving into the historical roots of family change, current trends of family formation and dissolution, and the implications of family change for the well-being of adults and children. With a lens toward socioeconomic inequality and racial-ethnic variation in family patterns, Families in America illustrates how family diversity is now the norm. The Sociology in the Twenty-First Century series introduces students to a range of sociological issues of broad interest in the United States today, with each volume addressing topics such as family, race, immigration, gender, education, and social inequality. These books—intended for classroom use—will highlight findings from current, rigorous research and demographic data while including stories about people’s experiences to illustrate major themes in an accessible manner. Learn more about the Sociology in the Twenty-First Century Series.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Child care
ISBN : UOM:39015009213151

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Children, Youth, and Families of the Mountain West by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families Pdf