Within the UK and Europe there is an enormous amount of interest in work-life balance. This is reflected in the media, government policy and the development of diversity programmes within large corporations. However there is also evidence that work and family life is more diffic…
Work-family researchers have had much success in encouraging both organizations and individuals to recognize the importance of achieving greaterbalance in life. The imbalance between work and family is detrimental to the organization in terms of stress, quality of life, and pers…
"This book, edited by Ellen Kossek and Susan Lambert, enlightens the research community and informs the public debates on how workplaces can be made more family sensitive by providing contributions from psychologists, sociologists, and economists who have not shied away from ass…
Addresses the intersect between work, life, and family; discusses current challenges in dealing with work-life integration issues and sets the stage for future research agendas.
"Flying soccer balls that are ice-cream factories inside, cars with wings, mobile recycling plants, streets that are rivers. These are the inventions children have offered up to Hickey-Moody. This is because she deftly uses arts-based methodologies to provide resources for engag…
This edited volume develops critical discussions of prominent methodological approaches in participatory youth research. Chapters give special attention to power issues and dilemmas concerning young people's and researchers' involvement in research processes. The collection brin…
Sanity, madness, and the family
by Laing, R. D., (Ronald David), Esterson, A., (Aaron)
fromPelican Books
Contains accounts of eleven families of female patients studied at two mental hospitals.
Sanity, madness, and the family
by Laing, R. D., (Ronald David), Esterson, A., (Aaron)
fromPelican Books
This edited volume presents unique insights on sibling relationships in adulthood in the early 21st century, focusing on three themes: relations beyond childhood and school years; factors shaping social support provision between siblings; and changes in family life and how these…
This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationship between community resilience and family resilience, identifying contributing factors on the micro-, meso-, and macro-level. Scholars and practitioners focus on how community-level policies and programs facilitate the distri…
This volume draws together scholarly contributions from diverse, yet interlinking disciplinary fields, with the aim of critically examining the value of narrative inquiry in understanding the everyday lives of children and young people in diverse spaces and places, including the…