Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from March 2006

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from March 2006

Bron Barnett Ingoldsby (11 Jan 1950-18 Oct 2005).(Editorial)(Obituary)
March 22, 2006... Editor's Note Dr. Bron Ingoldsby was a very active supporter of the Journal of Comparative Family Studies. I met him in annual meetings of the National Council of Family Relations. He always expressed his keen interest in the future of...

Abstracts (English).(family studies)
March 22, 2006... PETER ABRAHAMSON & CECILIE WEHNER, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, 22 Linnesgade, DK-1361 Copenhagen K Family and/or Work in Europe? The paper takes as its starting point the existence of three qualitatively...

Abstracts (French).(includes multiple articles)
March 22, 2006... PETER ABRAHAMSON & CECILIE WEHNER, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, 22 Linnesgade, DK-1361 Copenhagen K Family and/or Work in Europe? Cet article prend comme point de depart la classification des Welfare State en...

Abstracts (Spanish).(published family studies)(Author abstract)(Bibliography)
March 22, 2006... PETER ABRAHAMSON & CECILIE WEHNER, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, 22 Linnesgade, DK-1361 Copenhagen K Family and/or Work in Europe? El articulo parte de la existencia en Europa de tres regimenes del bienestar...

Family and/or work in Europe?
March 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION 'Daddy Day Care' is the title of a film comedy, starring Eddie Murphy, at cinemas 2003. The heading of the film synopsis says: "The dads are in charge. And the kids are all right". The interesting thing about this is that this...

Polygyny and its impact on the psychosocial well-being of husbands*.
March 22, 2006... Polygynous marriages occur worldwide; in the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Asia, and in some communities in Europe and North America (Altman & Ginat, 1996; Broude, 1994). Research on men's perspective regarding polygyny usually focuses on...

Household economic transformation and recent fertility in emerging market economies: China and Vietnam compared*.
March 22, 2006... What propels some households, rather than others, to change and adopt new forms of activity? This paper focuses on one possible factor--the event of a birth--in two societies that are transitioning from socialism to market economy: China and...

Migration and fertility behavior in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Ghana*.
March 22, 2006... RESEARCH CONTEXT While there are many individual studies on migration and fertility in sub-Saharan Africa, the systematic interaction between them have been less explored. This contrasts with the considerable research on...

Cross-national variations in divorce: effects of women's power, prestige and dependence*.
March 22, 2006... Despite the widespread interest in the causes and consequences of divorce, relatively few studies have examined marital disruption across societies. This lack of research is especially surprising given the fact that many of the factors studied...

Intergenerative conflicts and health hazards in migrant families.
March 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION In the beginning of the sociology of migration--it has been pointed out--that migration is a special occasion of life--because in an all-embracing way--it changes all aspects of the migrants' lives and demands high converting...

Contradictions between traditional Chinese values and the actual performance: a study of the caregiving roles of the modern sandwich generation in Hong Kong*.
March 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION An aging population is a worldwide phenomenon primarily caused by declining birth rates and longer life expectancy. In 1975, 5.7% of the Hong Kong population was aged 65 and above. The percentage has been increasing at an...

The Art of Managing Everyday Conflict.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Fisher, Eric E. and Stephen, Sharp. THE ART OF MANAGING EVERYDAY CONFLICT. Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT, 2004, 256 pp. $ 22.99 hardcover. The book wants to create understanding of emotions and power struggles and that's the core idea...

Growing Together: Personal Relationships Across the Lifespan.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Frieder R. Lang and Karen L. Fingerman (Eds.). GROWING TOGETHER: Personal Relationships across the Lifespan. Cambridge University Press, 2004, 414pp. $75.00 hardcover. In Growing Together Frieder Lang, Karen Fingerman and their colleagues...

Voices of Color: First Person Narratives of Ethnic Minority Therapists.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Rastogi, M. and Wieling, E (Eds.). VOICES OF COLOR: First Person Narratives of Ethnic Minority Therapists. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. 2005, 389 pp. $43.95 Softcover. As a field, family therapy has been primarily shaped by...

Under Siege: Poverty and Crime in a Public Housing Community.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Walter S. Dekeseredy, Shahid Alvi, Martin S. Schwartz and Andreas Tomaszewski. UNDER SIEGE: POVERTY AND CRIME IN A PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY. Lexington Books, USA, 2003, 182 pp. $24.95 Softcover. An underlying premise of Under Siege is that...

American Individualisms: Child Rearing and Social Class in Three Neighborhoods.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Adrie Kusserow. AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISMS: Child Rearing and Social Class in Three Neighborhoods. Global Publishing at St. Martin's Press, New York. 2004, 207 pp. $24.95 Softcover. Sometimes a provocative book arrives precisely when you need...

Cultures of Transnational Adoption.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Volkman, Toby (Ed.) CULTURES OF TRANSNATIONAL ADOPTION. Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina. 2005, 248pp, $21.95 Softcover. Cultures of Transnational Adoption is a collection of work by noteworthy scholars. Most are...