Between sex and power
Subtitle: family in the world, 1900-2000
By: Göran Therborn
Series: International library of sociology
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Family -- History -- 20th century; Family -- Cross-cultural studies; Patriarchy -- History -- 20th century; Marriage -- History -- 20th century; Sex -- Social aspects; Fertility, Human -- Social aspects
Genres: Cross-cultural studies
Description: The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the Twentieth Century. In this major new work, Goran Therborn provides a global history and sociology, and a comparative political analysis of the family as an institution, focusing on three dimensions of family relations: on the rights and powers of fathers and husbands; on marriage, cohabitation and extramarital sexuality; and on fertility and birth control. Therborn's empirical analysis uses a multi-disciplinary approach to show how the major family systems of the world have been formed and developed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-364) and index