Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from September 2005

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from September 2005

Abstracts (English).
September 22, 2005... MAUREEN BAKER, Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. Medically Assisted Conception: Revolutionizing Family or Perpetuating a Nuclear and Gendered Model? New reproductive technologies...

Abstracts (French).
September 22, 2005... MAUREEN BAKER, Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. Medically Assisted Conception: Revolutionizing Family or Perpetuating a Nuclear and Gendered Model? Les nouvelles technologies...

Abstracts (Spanish).
September 22, 2005... MAUREEN BAKER, Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. Medically Assisted Conception: Revolutionizing Family or Perpetuating a Nuclear and Gendered Model? Las nuevas tecnologias...

Medically assisted conception: revolutionizing family or perpetuating a nuclear and gendered model?
September 22, 2005... INTRODUCTION In recent decades, family life has been transformed by more effective birth control, women's stronger presence in higher education and paid work, global labour markets, and greater emphasis on personal choice and individual...

Gender differences in gender-role attitudes: a comparative analysis of Taiwan and coastal China*.
September 22, 2005... Previous studies have demonstrated that women are more likely than men to support egalitarian gender-role attitudes (Brewster and Padavic 2000; Katsurada and Sugihara 1999; Mason and Lu 1988; Rice and Coates 1995; Wilson and Smith 1995) While...

Race and independent living among elderly Brazilians since 1980.
September 22, 2005... INTRODUCTION This paper describes independent living among elderly Brazilians 65+ since 1980. Elderly people constituted a small part of Brazil's populations initially, only 4 percent in 1975, but will constitute a significant proportion...

Post-familial families and the domestic division of labour*.
September 22, 2005... Recent commentators have argued that the family, as we have known it, has disappeared. For example, Giddens (2001) has referred to a "global revolution" in how we think of ourselves and how we form ties with others. Similarly Beck-Gernsheim has...

Beyond resources and patriarchy: marital construction of family decision-making power in post-Mao urban China*.
September 22, 2005... In the studies of family decision-making power, a common observation has been the persistence of male dominance (Zvonkovic, et al., 1996). Resource theory assigns the blame to the unequal values of exchange resources that the husband and wife...

A socio-demographic analysis of the size and structure of the family in India*.
September 22, 2005... INTRODUCTION The family is a complex and dynamic institution in India and for many decades, several studies were carried out to understand this complexity. Some of the studies in the past have put forth the proposition of the existence of...

Parenting style and academic achievement for East Indian and Canadian adolescents*.(A RESEARCH NOTE)
September 22, 2005... Adolescent academic achievement has been linked to several influences distinctive to the home environment, such as parental involvement (Hickman. Greenwood, & Miller, 1995: Steinberg, Lamborn. Dornbusch, & Darling, 1992), family cohesion (Hein...

Filial Piety: Practice and Discourse in Contemporary East Asia.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... IKELS, Charlotte, ed., FILIAL PIETY: Practice and Discourse in Contemporary East Asia. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2004, 304pp., $21.95 softcover. The purpose of this book is to bring together the best research into...

Nayar Woman Today.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... RENJINI, P.. NAYAR WOMAN TODAY. India Classical Publishing Company, 2002, 180pp., hardcover. Renjini's Nayar Woman Today focuses on the changing status of Nayar women in the present context of Kerala. The matrilineal Nayars due to...

Interfaith Families: Personal Stories of Jewish-Christian Intermarriage.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... KAPLAN, Jane, INTERFAITH FAMILIES: Personal Stories of Jewish-Christian Intermarriage. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2004, 237pp., $39.95 hardcover. Marriages between Jews and Christians are fairly common place in North America's...

Mate Selection Across Cultures.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... HAMON, Raeann R. and Bran B. INGOLDSBY, eds., MATE SELECTION ACROSS CULTURES. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003, 296 pp., $34.95 softcover/$60.00 hardcover. The goal of this superb book is to help readers understand the...

Welfare in Ireland: Actors, Resources, and Strategies.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... PEILLON, Michel, WELFARE IN IRELAND; Actors. Resources, and Strategies. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 2001, 193pp., $62.50 hardcover. Peillon's work represents a significant departure from the descriptive atheoretical case studies that...

Mother Matters: Motherhood as Discourse and Practice.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... O'REILLY, Andrea, ed., MOTHER MATTERS; Motherhood as Discourse and Practice. Toronto, Canada: Association for Research on Mothering, 2004, 257 $19.95 softcover. As stated on the cover of the book, this is a compilation of essays that had...

Same Difference: How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, and Our Jobs.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... BARNET, Rosalind and Caryl RIVERS, SAME DIFFERENCE; How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships. Our Children, and Our Jobs. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2004, 278pp., $25.00 Canadian/$39.00 US hardcover. Black and white. Hard and soft....

Cold Comfort: Mothers, Professionals, and Attention Deficit Disorder.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... MALACRIDA, Claudia, COLD COMFORT: Mothers. Professionals, and Attention Deficit Disorder. University of Toronto Press. 2003, 304pp., $27.95 softcover / $55.00 hardcover. Dr. Claudia Malacrida is a member of the faculty of the Department of...

Publications received.
September 22, 2005... ADAMS, Bert N. And Jan TROST, eds., HANDBOOK OF WORLD FAMILIES. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications (2455 Teller Rd., 91320, USA). 2005, 649 pp., $125.00 hc. AKHTAR, Salman and Henri PARENS, eds., REAL AND IMAGINARY FATHERS: Development,...