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Pregnancy and Abortion Counselling

By Joanna Brien, Ida Fairbairn

Pregnancy and Abortion Counselling is written for professionals who give information and support to women deciding whether to terminate or continue with their pregnancy. The…

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1996 | Paperback: 978-0-415-12010-4 (Routledge)

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Shaping Childhood

Themes of Uncertainty in the History of Adult-Child Relationships

Edited by Roger Cox

What part has religion played in the history of child-rearing? How do we persuade children to behave rationally and how should we exercise adult authority?…

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1996 | Hardback: 978-0-415-11044-0 (Routledge)

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Gender, Power and Relationships

Edited by Charlotte Burck, Bebe Speed

Gender, Power and Relationships is a follow-up volume to Gender and Power in Families (Routledge 1989) which marked a milestone in the application of feminist…

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1994 | Paperback: 978-0-415-10637-5 (Routledge)

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Peer Leadership

A Human Relations Process To Reduce Substance Abuse And Improve School climate

By Roselle Park School District, New Jersey, USA., Thomas Turney Supervisor of Social Science

Today peer groups often take the place of traditional guides - family, church and school - among teenagers. Unfortunately, peers don't always have the skill…

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1994 | Paperback: 978-0-9624365-2-9 (Routledge)

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Who Pays for the Kids?

Gender and the Structures of Constraint

By Nancy Folbre

Three paradoxes surround the division of the costs of social reproduction:
* Women have entered the paid labour force in growing numbers, but they continue…

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1994 | Paperback: 978-0-415-07565-7 (Routledge)

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Family Transformation Through Divorce and Remarriage

A Systemic Approach

By Margaret Robinson

Family Transformation Through Divorce and Remarriage is the first book to look thoroughly at the complete divorce-remarriage-stepfamily cycle in the context of demographic data, the…

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1993 | Paperback: 978-0-415-05228-3 (Routledge)

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Beyond Blame

Child Abuse Tragedies Revisited

By Dr Peter Reder, Sylvia Duncan, Moira Gray

What can we learn from inquiries into cases of fatal child abuse? Beyond Blame offers a new way of looking at such cases and shows…

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1993 | Paperback: 978-0-415-06679-2 (Routledge)

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Inter-Country Adoption

Practical Experiences

Edited by Dr Michael Humphrey, Michael Humphrey, Michael Humphrey

There can be no doubt that intercountry adoption has grown in popularity over the past decade and many childless couples are now considering it as…

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1992 | Hardback: 978-0-415-08742-1 (Routledge)

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Mothers Surviving Child Sexual Abuse

By Carol-Ann Hooper

Despite increased recognition of the high incidence of child sexual abuse, little attention has so far been paid to the women on whom children primarily…

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1992 | Hardback: 978-0-415-07187-1 (Routledge)

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Motherhood and Representation

The Mother in Popular Culture and Melodrama

By E. Ann Kaplan

From novels of the nineteenth century to films of the 1990s, American culture, abounds with images of white, middle-class mothers. In Motherhood and Representation, E.…

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1992 | Paperback: 978-0-415-01127-3 (Routledge)

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Changing Relationships
Edited by Malcolm Brynin, John Ermisch
To be published December 8th 2008

Safe Motherhood in a Globalized World
Edited by Barbara Wejnert, SUZANNE K. STEINMETZ, Nirupama Prakash
To be published April 1st 2009

Fatherhood, Sport and Leisure
Edited by Tess Kay
To be published May 15th 2009

Men in the Lives of Young Children: An international perspective
Edited by Deborah Jones, Roy Evans
To be published June 1st 2009

Transnational Families: Ethnicities, Identities and Social Capital
By Harry Goulbourne, Tracey Reynolds, John Solomos, Elisabetta Zontini
To be published August 1st 2009

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