Substitute parents : biological and social perspective on alloparenting across human societies /: biological and social perspective on alloparenting across human societies. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gillian Bentley & Ruth Mace.
• Other Names: Bentley, Gillian R, 1957-; Mace, Ruth
• Contents: The biological basis of alloparental behaviour in mammals / Nancy G. Solomon and Loren D. Hayes -- Family matters : kin, demography, and child health in a rural Gambian population / Rebecca Sear and Ruth Mace -- Does it take a family to raise a child? : cooperative breeding and the contributions of Maya siblings, parents and older adults in raising children / Karen L. Kramer -- Flexible caretakers : responses of toba families in transition / Claudia R. Valeggia -- Who minds the baby? Beng perspectives on mothers, neighbours, and strangers as caretakers / Alma Gottlieb -- Economic perspectives on alloparenting / Gillian Paull -- The school as parent / Berry Mayall -- The parenting and substitute parenting of young children / Helen Penn -- Adoption, adopters, and adopted children : an evolutionary perspective / David Howe -- Surrogacy : the experiences of commissioning couples and surrogate mothers / Emma Lycett -- Alloparenting in the context of AIDS in Southern Africa : complex strategies for care / Lorraine van Blerk and Nicola Ansell -- Alloparental care and the ontogeny of glucocorticoid stress response among stepchildren / Mark V. Flinn and David Leone -- Separation stress in early childhood : harmless side effect of modern care-giving practices or risk factor for development? / Joachim Bensel -- Quality, quantity, and type of childcare : effects on child development in the U.S. / Jay Belsky -- 'It feels normal that other people are split up but not your mum and dad' : divorce through the eyes of children / Margaret Robinson, Lesley Scanlan and Ian Butler.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 354 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.874; Foster parents; Child care; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Child Abuse; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Adoption & Fostering; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- General; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Parent & Adult Child; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Child care; Foster parents; Ouders; Opvoedingsondersteuning; Anthropologe; Elternschaft; Kulturvergleich; Pflegeeltern; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845459536; 1845459539
• Related ISBNs: 9781845451066; 1845451066
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.