Efnisyfirlit

• About the Author
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Sociological Perspective on Families
  • Family Change, Family Continuity
  • Family Diversity and Inequality
    • Gender
    • Race
    • Social Class
    • Sexuality
    • Structures of Inequality
  • A Demographic Snapshot of the U.S. Population
  • Looking Ahead
• Chapter 2 Defining Family
  • The Standard North American Family and the Ideology of Separate Spheres
  • Defining Family: Four Approaches
    • 1. Family as Structure
    • 2. Family as Household
    • 3. Family Roles
    • 4. Family as Interaction: Doing Family
    • Defining Family: A Summary
  • How Americans Define Family
  • Extended Families
    • Diversity and Inequality Among Extended Families
  • Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Defining Families
• Chapter 3 Sociological Methods and Theories in the Study of Families
  • Scientific Method
  • Micro and Macro Approaches to Studying Families
  • Research Methods
  • Theoretical Frameworks in the Sociology of Families
    • Structural-Functionalism
    • Conflict Theory
    • Symbolic Interactionism
    • Feminist Theories
    • Social Exchange Theory
    • Life Course Theory
  • Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Family Methods and Theories
• Chapter 4 Young Adults and the Transition to Adulthood
  • Defining the Transition to Adulthood
  • Transition to Adulthood in Historical Context
  • Transition to Adulthood in the Early 21st Century
    • Economic Uncertainty and Higher Education
    • Changing Patterns of Family Formation
    • Changing Relationships With Parents
  • Young Adult Sexuality and Romantic Partnerships
    • Dating in Historical Context
    • Decline of Dating and the Rise of Hookup Culture
      • Sexual Activity
      • Hooking Up
  • Change, Continuity, and Diversity in the Transition to Adulthood
• Chapter 5 Marriage and Cohabitation
  • Marriage and Divorce in Historical Context
    • Institutional Marriage
    • Companionate Marriage
    • Individualized Marriage
  • Contemporary Coupling
    • Cohabitation
    • Nonmarital Fertility
    • Same-Sex Marriage
  • Marriage Markets
  • Marriage, Cohabitation, and Education
  • Marriage, Cohabitation, and Race and Ethnicity
  • Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Marriage and Cohabitation
• Chapter 6 Divorce and Relationship Dissolution
  • Rising––and Declining—Divorce
  • Demography of Divorce
    • Education
    • Race and Ethnicity
    • Family of Origin
    • Age at Marriage
    • Timing of First Birth
    • Heterogamy
    • Remarriages
    • Dissolution of Same-Sex Relationships
  • The Process of Uncoupling
    • Legal Divorce
    • Parental Divorce
    • Financial Divorce
    • Emotional and Social Divorce
  • Relationship Dissolution and Children
  • Relationship Dissolution Among Unmarried Parents
  • Supporting Children When Parents Break Up
    • Economic Support
    • Reducing Conflict
    • Effective Parenting
    • Relationships With Fathers
    • Fewer Transitions
  • Remarriage and Blended Families
  • Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Divorce and Relationship Dissolution
• Chapter 7 Childhood
  • Ideologies of Childhood in the 19th Century
  • Diversity in Children’s Lives in the 19th Century
  • Socialization and Agency
  • Constructing Difference: Race and Gender
    • Racial Socialization
    • Gender Socialization
  • Issues in Contemporary Childhood
    • How Children Spend Their Time
    • Peer Cultures
    • Children With Incarcerated Parents
    • Diverging Destinies
  • Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Childhood
• Chapter 8 Parenting
  • Parenting in Historical Context
    • Fatherhood: Moral Overseer to Breadwinner
    • Motherhood: Productivity to Domesticity
  • Issues in Contemporary Parenting
    • Demographic Patterns in Fertility
    • Time With Children
    • Parenting as a Gendered Practice
      • Mothering
      • Fathering
      • The Construction of Gendered Parenting
    • Parenting Ideologies and Social Class
    • Immigrant and Transnational Parenting
    • LGBTQ Parenting
  • Opting Out of Parenthood
  • Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Parenting
• Chapter 9 Family Work
  • Ideology of Separate Spheres
  • Defining Care Work
  • Empirical Patterns in Employment, Housework, and Childcare
    • Women’s Employment Before 1950
    • Women’s and Men’s Employment Since 1950
    • Housework
      • Macro-Level Perspectives on Housework
    • Childcare
  • Work–Family Conflict and Social Policy
  • Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Family Work
• Chapter 10 Family Lives of Older Adults
  • Defining Old Age
  • Demographic Context
  • Romantic Relationships Among Older Adults
  • Grandparenting
    • Grandparents as Caregivers
  • Intergenerational Solidarity and Ambivalence
  • Intergenerational Exchanges
    • Parents Helping Adult Children
    • Adult Children Helping Parents
    • Ambivalence, Individualism, and Intergenerational Support
  • Family Complexity and Aging Families
  • Change, Continuity, and Diversity in the Family Lives of Older Adults
• Chapter 11 Family Violence
  • Violence in American Society
  • Defining Violence
  • Violence in Families
  • Types of Family Violence
    • Child Abuse and Neglect
      • ACE: Adverse Childhood Experiences
    • Intimate Partner Violence
      • LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence
      • Teen Dating Violence
    • Elder Abuse
  • Policy Responses to Family Violence
    • Child Abuse and Neglect
      • Foster Care
      • United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
    • Policy Responses to Intimate Partner Violence
    • Policy Responses to Elder Abuse
  • Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Family Violence
• Chapter 12 Social Policy and the Future of Families
  • Defining Family
  • Family Change
  • Family Continuity
  • Family Diversity, Inequality, and Social Policy
    • Housing Policy and Family Inequality
    • State Welfare Policy and Family Inequality
  • Future of American Families
    • Economic Inequality and the Growing Class Divide in Families
    • Immigration, Race, Ethnicity, and Family Ties
    • Unfinished Revolution in Gender and Sexuality
  • Change, Continuity, and Diversity in American Families
• Glossary
• References
• Index

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