This book examines the relation between the phenomenon of globalization, changes in the lifeworld of young people and the development of specific youth cultures. It explores the social, political, economic and cultural impact of globalization on young people. Growing diversity i…
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This groundbreaking volume of all new essays covers two topics - feminism and families - which, for all their centrality in our culture, have not been adequately examined in light of one another. While the family has suffered feminist neglect, most women in fact live their lives…
Explores diverse feminist and legal responses to domestic violence across cultures. Argues that domestic violence must be viewed in its social and cultural context and offers suggestions for those dealing with incidents of abuse.
This is a comprehensive guide to the study of the family in society. Chapters represent the full diversity of families today - alternative lifestyles, gay and lesbian relationships religion and families, interdependent marriages and more.
"Reversed Realities uncovers the deeply entrenched, hence barely visible, biases which underpin mainstream development theory and account for the marginal status given to women's needs in current development policy. Naila Kabeer traces the emergence of 'women' as a specific cate…
"Reversed Realities uncovers the deeply entrenched, hence barely visible, biases which underpin mainstream development theory and account for the marginal status given to women's needs in current development policy. Naila Kabeer traces the emergence of 'women' as a specific cate…
Discussing evidence from sculpture to cults and from monuments to military history, this study pursues the changing lines between public and private, family and state that gave shape to the Roman imperial system.
This book employs economic methodology to study the motives for and the repercussions of transfers and exchanges within families, between generations, and within groups. The book shows how the allocative behavior and wellbeing of one family member depend on his altruistic link w…
This book employs economic methodology to study the motives for and the repercussions of transfers and exchanges within families, between generations, and within groups. The book shows how the allocative behavior and wellbeing of one family member depend on his altruistic link w…
Moral demography -- Sexual history -- The age of division -- Personality, politics, and religion -- Contraception: securing the pathways to blue family life -- Abortion and the cognitive map -- The irrationality of adolescence: what the adults are really fighting over -- The mar…
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