Global families. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Meg Wilkes Karraker.
• Other Names: Karraker, Meg Wilkes
• Contents: Chapter 1:Introduction: Families in Global Context; A More Global Milieu; Family: From Comparative to Global Perspectives; Globalization as an Analytical Framework; Family Theories around Globalization; Global Families: Plan of the Book; Summary; Essay: Globalization and Family Down Under; Chapter 2: Global Change and Demographic Shifts: Family Characteristics and Societal Transformation; Demographic Transition and Family Dynamics; Morbidity and Mortality; Declining Fertility; Sweeping Migration; Summary; Essay: Immigrant Women, New Neighbors, Global Families; Chapter 3:Families and Worldwide Culture Systems: Media, Technology, and Consumption; Global Media in an Era of Information Revolution; Global Consumption and Families; Cultural Globalization and Families; Summary; Essay: Contested Norms and Values in Transnational Families; Chapter 4:International Violence: Family Legacies of Oppression and War; International Systems of Oppression; War and Social Disorder; Family Resiliency in the Face of International Violence; Summary; Essay: Sex Trafficking: A ?Family Business?; Chapter 5:Transnational Employment: Work?Family Linkages Across Borders; Transnational Employment; Implications of Transnational Employment for Family Dynamics; Care Work; Summary; Essay: A Migrant Mother?s Story: Paula Rodriguez; Chapter 6:Positioning Families in Global Landscapes: Families, Policies, and Futures; Beyond the Second Decade of the Year of the Family; Again, Gendered Family Realities; Social Policy, Development, and Family Well-Being; Family Rights as Human Rights; Conclusions: A Post-Family Global Society?; Summary; Essay: The Global Human Rights of Families;
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: 306.8509; Families -- Study and teaching
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483307176; 1483307174
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