Overview
- Provides a global perspective on contemporary demographic theories and studies of marriage and the family
- Enables demographic comparison between and across international borders
- Includes research on current social issues such as alternative family structures, cohabitation, divorce, and adoption
Part of the book series: International Handbooks of Population (IHOP, volume 7)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Marriage Practices: The Global Picture
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Front Matter
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Marriage/Family Practices: A Closer Look
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Keywords
- Alternative family structures
- Cohabitation, divorce and adoption
- Contemporary demographic theories
- Demography of families
- Fertility and migration
- Studies of marriage and the family
- Vary in form and function of family
- History of Marriage and the family
- Global marriage practices
- Age, sex and race
- Boomerang children
- Modern family
- Parental leave
- Residential segregation
- Intermarriage
- Same-sex households
- Parent-child relationships
- Non-traditional family
- Multigenerational households
- Transnational motherhood
About this book
This handbook provides a global perspective on contemporary demographic theories and studies of marriage and the family. Inside, readers will find a comprehensive analysis that enables demographic comparison between and across international borders.
Coverage is centered around four main sections that present a history of marriage and the family, detail relevant data and measurement concerns, examine global marriage practices, analyze interactions of such demographic characteristics as age, sex, and race with marriage and the family, and consider public policy, contemporary trends, and future directions. In addition, the book includes research on current social issues such as alternative family structures, cohabitation, divorce, boomerang children, and adoption.
The family is universal but extremely varied in form and function. This handbook provides students, researchers, and policymakers with an all-inclusive, international demographic analysis that fully investigates the diverse nature of the modern family.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
D. Nicole Farris is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Her major areas of research include gender, demography, marriage/family, and methodology. Her most recent edited book (with D’Lane Compton and Andrea Herrera), “Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Digital Age” will be published in late 2019 with Springer Publishers.
A.J.J. Bourque is a graduate student in the field of children’s and adolescent literature in the Department of Literature and Language at Texas A&M University-Commerce. His current research interests include masculinity, the subconscious, and Jungian archetypes. Bourque is the author of two young adult novels.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Handbook on the Demography of Marriage and the Family
Editors: D. Nicole Farris, A. J. J. Bourque
Series Title: International Handbooks of Population
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35079-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35077-2Published: 04 April 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-35079-6Published: 31 March 2020
Series ISSN: 1877-9204
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1877
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 321
Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations
Topics: Demography, Family, Sociology, general