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| Named Person: | Čubrilović, Familie : 19. Jh.- |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Meg Wilkes Karraker |
| ISBN: | 9781412998635 1412998638 |
| OCLC Number: | 775271645 |
| Description: | xv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction : families in global context -- A more global milieu -- Family : from comparative tradition -- Toward a global perspective -- Globalization as an analytical framework -- Globalization defined -- The "globalization debate" -- Family theories around globalization -- Risk in a global postmodern world -- Globalization through a feminist lens -- Globalization and family Down Under / Janet R. Grochowski -- 2. Global change and demographic shifts : family characteristics and societal transformation -- Demographic transition and family dynamics -- Morbidity and mortality -- Declining fertility -- Population control as an international policy concern -- Fertility in a global, postmodern world -- Sweeping migration -- Families on the move -- MIgration and family processes -- Gender and migration -- Marriage migrants -- Transnational adoption -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning families in global demography -- Immigrant women, new neighbors, global families / Margaret L. Kvasnicka -- 3. Families and worldwide culture systems : media, technology, and consumption -- Global media in an era of information revolution -- Television as global media -- Wired and wireless families on a global scale -- Global consumption and families -- Cultural globalization and families -- Globalization and gender -- Globalization and parenting -- Globalization and family values -- Contested norms and values in transnational families -- 4. International violence : family legacies of oppression and war -- International systems of oppression -- Colonialism and families -- Sex trafficking -- War and social disorder -- Sexual domination and exploitation -- Rape in war -- Military sexual slavery -- Other collateral violence against women and girls -- War and marriage -- The marriage squeeze -- Heterogamous marriages -- Marital instability -- Family resiliency in the face of international violence -- Families surviving war -- Military families -- Refugee families -- Sex trafficking : a "family business" / Jennifer Blank -- 5. Transnational employment : work-family linkages across borders -- Transnational employment -- Domestic employment in global context -- Implications of transnational employment and gender roles -- Care work -- Global care chains -- Transnational parenting -- A migrant mother's story : Paula Rodriguez / Joanna Dreby -- 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? -- The global human rights of families / Marsha A. Freeman. |
| Series Title: | Contemporary family perspectives. |
| Responsibility: | Meg Wilkes Karraker. |
Abstract:
A methodical introduction to the interdisciplinary field of globalization, examining the ways in which globalization impinges on families
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