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Pregnancy and Abortion Counselling
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… read more1996 | Paperback: 978-0-415-12010-4 (Routledge)
Shaping Childhood
Themes of Uncertainty in the History of Adult-Child Relationships
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?… read more1996 | Hardback: 978-0-415-11044-0 (Routledge)
Gender, Power and Relationships
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… read more1994 | Paperback: 978-0-415-10637-5 (Routledge)
Peer Leadership
A Human Relations Process To Reduce Substance Abuse And Improve School climate
Today peer groups often take the place of traditional guides - family, church and school - among teenagers. Unfortunately, peers don't always have the skill… read more1994 | Paperback: 978-0-9624365-2-9 (Routledge)
Who Pays for the Kids?
Gender and the Structures of Constraint
Three paradoxes surround the division of the costs of social reproduction:* Women have entered the paid labour force in growing numbers, but they continue… read more
1994 | Paperback: 978-0-415-07565-7 (Routledge)
Family Transformation Through Divorce and Remarriage
A Systemic Approach
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… read more1993 | Paperback: 978-0-415-05228-3 (Routledge)
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Beyond Blame
Child Abuse Tragedies Revisited
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… read more1993 | Paperback: 978-0-415-06679-2 (Routledge)
Inter-Country Adoption
Practical Experiences
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… read more1992 | Hardback: 978-0-415-08742-1 (Routledge)
Mothers Surviving Child Sexual Abuse
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… read more1992 | Hardback: 978-0-415-07187-1 (Routledge)
Motherhood and Representation
The Mother in Popular Culture and Melodrama
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.… read more1992 | 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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