What can sociology tell us about our personal lives, families and intimate relationships? This
book explains how key theoretical perspectives and relevant contemporary research in the …

Family relations are undergoing dramatic changes globally and locally. At the same time,
certain features of family life endure. This popular book, now in a fully updated second …

Sociology of Families, Second Edition, begins at the level of the individual by examining
familiar contemporary issues¾ topics students are likely to feel strongly about. David …

For more than a decade, Carol Smart has been at the forefront of debates about the
sociology of the family. Yet she has become frustrated by the fixation of many commentators …

Patterns of household and family life are changing radically, leading sociologists to develop
new conceptualisations and understandings of the relationships involved. This book …

There is a new orthodoxy in the field that was once understood as the sociology of the
family, and is increasingly understood as the sociology of 'personal life','intimacy',' …

An international textbook designed as a quick introduction for students from around the
world studying sociology of family, this text provides comprehensive coverage of the major …

Displaying families: A new concept for the sociology of family life Page 1 PALGRAVE
MACMLLAN STUDIES IN FAMILY AND INTMATE LIFE New Concept for the SOGiology Of …

The main purpose of this book is to serve as an introduction to the sociology of families and
family life. In an earlier time, the book might have been entitled The Sociology of the Family …

Family issues have had a chequered history in sociology in the second half of the twentieth
century (see Chapter 7), and while such issues may appear to have been receiving greater …