Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from March 1997

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from March 1997

Immigrant kinship networks: Vietnamese, Salvadoreans and Mexicans in comparative perspective.
March 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION The notion that social networks are an invaluable aid to immigrants before, during, and after the migration process has been widely acknowledged (Litwak 1960; Mitchell 1969; Lomnitz 1977; Taylor 1986; Massey et al 1987; Boyd...

The emergence of the democratic Brazilian middle-class family: a mosaic of contrasts with the American family (1960-1994).
March 22, 1997... The primary purpose of this paper is to show the process of the democratization of the family in Brazil, which has occurred in a rather short time (1960 to 1995), and to compare it with the same development in the American family, focusing on key...

Polygyny and marital life satisfaction: an exploratory study from rural Cameroon.
March 22, 1997... The possible effects of polygyny on family life usually have been studied in terms of fertility (e.g., Aborampah 1987; Adewuyi 1987; Anderton & Emigh 1989; Bledsoe 1990; Garenne & van de Walle 1989; Lee & Whitbeck 1990; Mulder 1989; Pison 1985;...

Socio-economic characteristics of Ghanaian women in polygynous marriages.
March 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION Marriage type in Africa is an aspect of socio-cultural organization that differs from that of European tradition. For instances, in Ghana, both monogamous and polygynous marriages exist and are socially and legally acceptable...

Breaking rural bonds through migration: the failure of development for women in India.
March 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION In its tryst with destiny, India after independence, in order to develop economically and to eradicate poverty, adopted programs that focused both on industrial and rural development. My study tries to explore, first, the impact...

Gender, households and informal entrepreneurship in the Dominican Republic.
March 22, 1997... Since the early 1970's, debate has persisted concerning the effects of economic and social change on the well-being of women.(1) There is a growing awareness that development interventions which do not directly address the inequalities between...

Homeless street boys in Nepal: their demography and lifestyle.
March 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION In the cities of the developing world, recent decades have seen a marked increase in the number of children for whom the street represents their principal economic and social environment (Boyden & Holden 1991: Black 1993). The...

Repeated home leaving behavior of American youth.
March 22, 1997... The past decade has witnessed a growing interest in home leaving behavior of youth. Researchers have examined the relationship between home leaving and family structure (White and Booth 1985; Bianchi 1987; Young 1987; Mitchell, Wister and Burch,...

Families in Multicultural Perspective.
March 22, 1997... One of the three major objectives of this collection is to move into areas of theory and research not traditionally addressed in comparative family studies. The extent to which this objective is met can be apprehended by examining the way in...

On Marriage, Bicentennial ed.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed By: BEATRICE GOTTLIEB The translator of this work is a German and Russian scholar at Wake Forest University who is convinced that Hippel was an important thinker and that this book, which went through four editions in the eighteenth...

The Catholic Family: Marriage, Children, and Human Capital.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by: MICHELLE Y. JANNING William Sander, in his desire to follow in the spirit of Andrew Greeley, presents the results of a quantitative study of several large data sets in order to describe the situation for modem Catholics, explain...

Fathers and Sons in Athens: Ideology and Society in the Era of the Pelopennesian War.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by: ELAINE PORTER Those seeking to demonstrate the ahistorical nature of generational conflict often use a quote from an ancient Greek father about the rebelliousness of youth. This book is written by a historian of ancient Greek...

International Handbook on Social Work Education.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by: CHRISTOPHER BAGLEY This book contains 24 chapters covering social work education in countries and regions on all sides. of the world. As the editors explain, pressure of space means that some countries have had to be excluded:...

Families and Changes: Coping with Stressful Events.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by: N. JANE McCANDLESS Beginning with the acknowledgement that American families are confronting unprecedented change and coping with a variety of problems, this volume presents a comprehensive compilation of literature addressing...

Issues in Gay and Lesbian Adoption: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Peirce-Warwick Adoption Symposium.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by: CATHERINE CONNOLLY Issues in Gay and Lesbian Adoption is a compilation of three papers extracted from presentations at the fourth annual Peirce-Warwick Adoption Symposium. According to the foreword by Deanna Phelphs, the topic of...

Fathers and Divorce.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by: KAREN BRADLEY As Arendell notes in her introduction to Fathers and Divorce, fathers and fathering experiences have been largely neglected by family researchers. Her book addresses this omission by exploring the relationship...

The "Children of Perestroika" Come of Age: Young People of Moscow Talk About Life in the New Russia.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by: JULIE V. BROWN This book is a follow-up to an earlier volume, The Children of Perestroika (M.E. Sharpe, 1991), in which Adelman presented a set of interviews which she had conducted in 1989 with eleven Moscow teenagers about their...

Coordinating Child Sexual Abuse Services in Rural Communities.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by: J. F. CONWAY The integrated, inter-agency social service delivery model is part of the current official cant of most governments in Canada, particularly when it comes to delivering intervention and support services to children and...

Current Controversies on Family Violence.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by: JAN E. STETS This book contributes to the current literature on family violence by discussing issues that hive been debated among family violence researchers for some time now, Researchers from various backgrounds present their...

Women and Violence: Realities and Responses Worldwide.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by: SHERRY L. HAMBY Women and Violence: Realities and Responses Worldwide is a comprehensive global review of violence against women. Miranda Davies has done an admirable job of compiling a truly diverse and thought-provoking...

Psychotherapy for Mothers and Infants: Interventions for Dyads at Risk.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by: GIRI RAJ GUPTA This book grew out of the author's years of extensive experience in teaching, research and clinical work at hospitals and other institutions and especially directing the Parent and Infant Development Program. The...

Masculinities: Knowledge, Power and Social Change.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by: JOANNE RIM Gender studies usually bring to mind studies on female gender oppression done by feminists. But men's studies have existed to complete the gender studies picture since the 1970's, usually in relation to feminism's...