Globalization and families
Subtitle: accelerated systemic social change
By: Bahira Sherif Trask
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780387882840; 9780387882857
Subjects: Social aspects; Globalization; Families; Familie; Globalisierung
Other titles: Accelerated systemic social change
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-213) and index.
Table of contents: title: Globalization as a dynamic force in contemporary societies; title: Approaches to understanding families; title: Gendered analyses of globalization; title: Global migration and the formation of transnational families; title: Work-family intersections in a globalizing context; title: Global conceptualizations of children and childhood; title: Critical issues around global aging; title: Nation-states, transnational spaces, and family linkages; title: Debates around globalization, poverty, and inequality; title: Social change, new paradigms, and implications for families.