Journal of Comparative Family Studies back issues from September 2002:
Cultural viability and gender egalitarianism: an elusive balance yet to be struck *.
Sep 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 can be seen ...
Perceptions of arranged marriages by young Pakistani Muslim women living in a Western society *.
Sep 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 with the concept of arranged marriages, ...
Social support for two generations of new mothers in selected populations in Korea, Hong Kong, and the United States *.
Sep 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 degrees. Cross-cultural comparisons of ...
The relationship between parental involvement and children's educational achievement in the Korean immigrant family.
Sep 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 ways for parents to be involved with ...
Divorce: process and correlates a cross-cultural study.
Sep 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; Hetherington, 1979; Kitson, 1982: Kitson and ...
Elder care giving in South Asian families: implications for social service *.
Sep 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 life during old age. Families play a ...
Into the Promised Land: Issues Facing the Welfare State. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Sep 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 interesting group of scholars, from the UK, ...
Interprofessional Practice with Diverse Populations. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Sep 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 speech-language pathologist produced this ...
Cohabitation: An Alternative Form of Family Living. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Sep 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 dimensions of Canadian society as shaped by ...
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)
Sep 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 hardcover. This text summarizes the ...
This Child of Mine; A Therapist's Journey. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Sep 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 experience working with "at risk" children ...
Nurturing Success: Successful Women of Color and Their Daughters. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Sep 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. Following an introduction, there are parts ...
The Hebrew National Orphan Home; Memories of Orphanage Life. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Sep 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 reminiscence, factual history and photographs, ...
Families and Change: Coping With Stressful Events and Transitions: Second Edition. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Sep 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 focuses on changes and transitional issue ...
Organizational Change and Gender Equity; International Perspectives on Fathers and Mothers in the Workplace. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Sep 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 softcover. More and more men and women, ...
Child Abuse: A Global View. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Sep 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, few of these studies examine the issue ...