Explores the concepts and perspectives that guide research and the methods used to explore change during the last half of the twentieth century and the twenty first century. This book…

This collection explores the variations in the status of single mothers, focusing on the dominant discourses around single motherhood, state policies towards single mothers, the structure of the labour market…

This volume explores the interplay between theory, epistemology and practical methodological decisions in research, and the challenges that the resultant dilemmas present to feminist researchers. Other themes include the interaction…

Social capital is a key concept in academic research and policymaking internationally. It focuses attention on social relationships, values, and access to resources in families, communities, regions and nations.

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.

Reviewing current literature on sibling relationships as well as proposing alternative theoretical perspectives, this book discusses who constitutes a sibling and explores how children understand their sibling relationships.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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In the field of Community Colleges, this book provides economic models to develop workforce training, humanitarian models to effect social mobility, transformative models to respond to societal needs, and new…