Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from September 2002

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from September 2002

Cultural viability and gender egalitarianism: an elusive balance yet to be struck *.
September 22, 2002... Rule #1: All politics are local. - Rep. Tip O'Neill Rule #2: All long-term politics are reproductive strategies. Rule #3: All effective long term politics camouflage Rule #2. - Ipsoc Macquire That cultures change over time...

Perceptions of arranged marriages by young Pakistani Muslim women living in a Western society *.
September 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION This study explores perceived attitudes of second generation female Muslim Pakistanis towards arranged marriages. It specifically attempts to assess the process of mate selection as influenced by the traditional values linked...

Social support for two generations of new mothers in selected populations in Korea, Hong Kong, and the United States *.
September 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION The transition to parenthood is accompanied by a series of major changes in the lives of new parents. In order to cope with these changes, parents of infants rely on the support of kin and non-kin social networks to varying...

The relationship between parental involvement and children's educational achievement in the Korean immigrant family.
September 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION The importance of parental involvement in a child's education has been heavily emphasized in the literature over the last decade (Epstein, 1991; Lareau, 1989). The results of these studies suggest that there are many different...

Divorce: process and correlates a cross-cultural study.
September 22, 2002... Numerous studies in the sociological literature in the west have examined and analysed the phenomenon of divorce and its implications (Goode, 1956; Bohannon, 1970; Bumpass and Sweet, 1972; Becker, 1977; Levinger, 1979; Mott and Moore, 1979;...

Elder care giving in South Asian families: implications for social service *.
September 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION Perhaps one of the greatest challenges facing an aging American population is to providing institutional and non-institutional support services for the elderly with an explicit objective of improving and maintaining quality of...

Into the Promised Land: Issues Facing the Welfare State. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... BEN-ARIEH, Asher and John GAL, eds., INTO THE PROMISED LAND: Issues Facing the Welfare State. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000, 304pp., $67.50 hardcover. This book delivers all that it promises and more. In fifteen chapters an...

Interprofessional Practice with Diverse Populations. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... GEVA, Esther, Allan BARSKY and Fern WESTERNOFF, eds., INTERPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE WITH DIVERSE POPULATIONS. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Corp., Inc., 2000, 211pp., $67.50 hardcover. A psychologist, a social worker, and a...

Cohabitation: An Alternative Form of Family Living. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... WU, Zheng, COHABITATION: An Alternative Form of Family Living. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2000, 200 pp., $22.50 softcover. This volume forms part of a series of in-depth studies of the social, political, and economic...

From Abortion to Contraception; A Resource to Public Policies and Reproductive Behavior in Central and Eastern Europe from 1917 to the Present. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... DAVID, Henry P. and Joanna SKILOGLANIS, eds., FROM ABORTION TO CONTRACEPTION; A Resource to Public Policies and Reproductive Behavior in Central and Eastern Europe from 1917 to the Present. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999,408 pp., $99.95...

This Child of Mine; A Therapist's Journey. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... WAKENSHAW, Martha, THIS CHILD OF MINE; A Therapist's Journey. Richmond, VA: Harbinger Press, 2001,208 pp., $12.95 US/ $19.95 Canadian//9.95 softcover. This book provides a fascinating and beautifully written account of a therapist's...

Nurturing Success: Successful Women of Color and Their Daughters. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... LEE, Essie E., NURTURING SUCCESS: Successful Women of Color and Their Daughters. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 2000, 293pp., $65.00 hardcover. This book, edited by Lee, is full of chapters that are evidence -- and research-based....

The Hebrew National Orphan Home; Memories of Orphanage Life. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... GREENBERG, Ira, ed. (with R. G. Safran & S. G. Arcus), THE HEBREW NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME; Memories of Orphanage Life. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2001, 328pp., $74.95 hardcover. This collection of essays weaves personal...

Families and Change: Coping With Stressful Events and Transitions: Second Edition. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... McKENRY, Patrick, C. and Sharon J. PRICE, eds., FAMILIES AND CHANGE: Coping With Stressful Events and Transitions: Second Edition. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, Inc., 2000, 442 pp., $39.95 softcover. This edited volume...

Organizational Change and Gender Equity; International Perspectives on Fathers and Mothers in the Workplace. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... HAAS, Linda L., Philip HWANG, and Graeme RUSSELL, eds., ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND GENDER EQUITY; International Perspectives on Fathers and Mothers in the Workplace. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications Inc., 2000, 291pp., $29.95...

Child Abuse: A Global View. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... SCHWARTZ-KENNEY, Beth M., Michelle McCAULEY and Michelle A. EPSTEIN, eds., CHILD ABUSE: A Global View. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000, 296 pp., $49.95 hardcover. Research on family processes around the world is quite immense. However,...