Key Concepts in Family Studies

includes index and biblioraphy

attachment and loss........9 Biology .....12 Care .......17 Child development ........21 childhood /children ...........26 COmparative approaches .............30 Conflict theories ...........34 Coupledom: Marriage / partnership.......37 Demography........42 Division of labour .............46 Domestic violence and abuse ..........51 Families of choice ..................56 Family as discourse............58 Family change and continuity ...........62 Family effects ............70 Family life cycle and life course .......79 Family policies ...........84 Family practices.....88 Familysystems ..........91 Fatherhood/fathers/fathering ...........95 home..........111 individualization ......118 intimacy.....123 Kinship..126 Motherhood/Mothers /Mothering .......131 Negotiation ...135 New right .138 Parenthood/Parents/Parenting .......141 Personal .146 Phenomenological Approaches ..........149 Postl-coupledom: Separation / Divorce /Widowhood........153 Power ........157 Problem families .......162 Public and Private ........169 Rationalities .................172 Role theory ...176 Social Divisions ...179 Socialization ..............184 Transational Families ....187