This book focuses on sex and power. In other words, it is about exploring and questioning
every aspect of the organisation of our social life–from a kiss to the framing of states and …

Drawing upon ethnographic research conducted among gay men in Los Angeles, this article
demonstrates that while gay male recreational sex disrupts conventional family norms and …

Family relationships are an important part of the glue that holds society together and they
have traditionally been regarded as one of the key determinants of social cohesion. But …

Face-to-face contact between parents and their adult children has long been an important
indicator of intergenerational relationships (Lye, 1996). There are several reasons for this …

Een schets wordt gegeven van veranderingen in families vanaf grofweg 1960, de periode
waarin de welvaartsstaat werd opgebouwd. Het netwerk van familierelaties is veranderd …

El propósito fundamental del estudio fue caracterizar la configuración de la familias de los
pacientes con ECNT, en términos de composición, valoración de componentes del estilo de …

The recent maelstrom over gay marriage in the United States suggests the degree to which
America remains exceptional on a global scale. While many nations, especially in Europe …

Among the most notable trends of the last several decades in the United States have been
the rise of corporate power, the entrenchment of neoliberalism, the rise in inequality, along …

The purpose of this study was to explore whether (a) significant relationships exist between
the sanctification of marriage and commitment above any effects of personality, religiosity …

The first chapter of Open Marriage titled “Why save marriage at all?” gives a history of what
they call closed marriage. This history leads into the present picture of marriage: a lagging …