Sociology: family and relationships Books

When someone says, at a holiday dinner table, "Oh, those Lawrence cousins lose control all the time," or "the Davises always had more talent than luck," you can be sure there's a lesson being passed along, from one generation to another. Who tells...

Have you ever wanted to lash out at someone but lacked the appropriate putdown? The Machiavellian's Guide to Insults takes a humorous approach to dealing with such annoying personalities as the drama queen, the wealth flaunter, the self-proclaimed brain,...

For over a quarter century Mr. Bartholomew has been helping men become free from domestic violence and create peace in their relationships. As a trainer, lecturer, and consultant to other therapists, he has evolved this approach to running domestic...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

In Fixing Families, Jennifer Reich takes us inside Child Protective Services for an in-depth look at the entire organization. Following families from the beginning of a case to its discharge, Reich shows how parents negotiate with the state for custody...

First published in 1914, this title was the first comparative study of the marriage ceremonies in different parts of Morocco. Westermarck considers how ceremonial customs and rituals differ across social and cultural groups throughout the country and...

Queer Kinship on the Edge? Families of Choice in Poland explores ways in which queer families from Central and Eastern Europe complicate the mainstream picture of queer kinship and families researched in the Anglo-American contexts. The book...

Mejora tus relaciones con estos hábitos simples.¿Te sientes incómodo cuándo estás con más personas?¿Realmente no sabes qué decir o cómo iniciar una conversación en un evento de Networking?¿Te gustaría mejorar las relaciones con tu jefe o tus...

Develop a LASER-FOCUSED MIND, unlock RAPID DEDUCTION SKILLS, uncover personality types ON THE SPOT and INSTANTLY read people’s minds. Well, sort of…While no book can ever keep up to such high-flying promises a good book should bring you...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 3,0, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Großelternschaft, die historisch betrachtet eher marginal vorhanden war, hat sich durch die gestiegene...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Kinder und Jugend, Note: 1,0, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Institut für Soziologie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1.1 EinleitungDie ersten drei Lebensjahre sind eine sehr wichtige Zeit f¨ur...

Zwischenprüfungsarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Familie, Frauen, Männer, Sexualität, Geschlechter, Note: 2,0, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Einführung in die Familiensoziologie, Sprache: Deutsch,...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Familie, Frauen, Männer, Sexualität, Geschlechter, Note: 2,0, Universität Potsdam, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Arbeitsmarkt ist unsicher geworden. Von den einen als These häufig formuliert,...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Familie, Frauen, Männer, Sexualität, Geschlechter, Note: 1,3, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Institut für Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Seminar Familiensoziologie, Sprache: Deutsch,...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Kinder und Jugend, Note: 2,3, Universität Konstanz, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Jugendmode in Deutschland. Dabei konzentriert sie sich auf die Mode der...

Forschungsarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Familie, Frauen, Männer, Sexualität, Geschlechter, Note: 1, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Veranstaltung: Forschungsseminar zum Thema Sexualität, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Kinder und Jugend, Note: 1,7, Universität Koblenz-Landau (Fachbereich 6: Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften - Institut für Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Einführung in die Soziologie, Sprache:...

Forschungsarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Familie, Frauen, Männer, Sexualität, Geschlechter, Note: 1, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Artikel analysiert den demographischen Wandel aus soziologischer, biologischer und ökonomischer...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Beziehungen und Familie, Note: 1,3, Technische Universität Dresden (Institut für Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema...

Forschungsarbeit aus dem Jahr 1995 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Familie, Frauen, Männer, Sexualität, Geschlechter, Note: 1, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Institut für Soziologie der Universität Heidelberg), Veranstaltung: Forschungspraktikum,...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Beziehungen und Familie, Note: Sehr gut, Universität Wien (Institut für Soziologie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die hier vorliegende Magisterarbeit beschäftigt sich im Allgemeinen mit...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Familie, Frauen, Männer, Sexualität, Geschlechter, Note: 1,0, Technische Universität Dresden, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit der Bedeutung des Raumes in Wechselwirkung...

This is not another book about selling on the internet using social media. This is also not another book about how to speak or make presentations. While those are related topics, the focus here is on you; it provides techniques to enable you to achieve...

Some people have suggested that a successful marriage requires tremendous insight to understand and super-human effort to achieve. Others contend that happy marriages are the purview of a lucky few. In this ground-breaking book, How To Love Your Wife, Dr...

Have you found yourself pouring time and energy into relationships that aren’t good for you? Do you desire a life-giving romantic relationship, but find yourself choosing people who are not a good bet for healthy love? Do you wonder why you choose...

Building churches without bricks and mortar is a hands on, how to guide into building relationships with the target community and those around you that you are trying to reach. It takes you through some of my own personal experiences and allows the...

A wide body of recent brain research shows that socio-emotional skills are best cultivated by experiences that evoke positive emotions. In this inspiring book, Dr. Beaudoin teaches adults how to engage children and adolescents in "skill-boosting...

Se trata de un breve análisis de la falta de valores morales y éticos en la España actual de acuerdo a una tesis que defiende el autor: nuestros orígenes católicos que han influido y lo siguen haciendo sobre todos los órdenes de la vida, como en la...

In our world of life, we stroll along searching for that special hand to hold onto. Men and women not only seek love, but companionship. Canvassing high and low, we quest for those embraces that not only clasp the flesh, but also wrap a lasting caress...

""Historia Ruchu Spo�����ecznego w XIX Wieku"" to ksi���������ka autorstwa Boles�����awa Limanowskiego, opublikowana w 1890 roku. Jest to dzie�����o, kt������re przedstawia rozw������j ruch������w spo�����ecznych w Europie w XIX wieku. Autor analizuje...

Le livre ""Histoire de l'Organisation de la Famille en France (1851)"" �����crit par Louis Jean Koenigswarter est un ouvrage historique qui traite de l'�����volution de la famille en France. Publi����� en 1851, ce livre explore l'histoire de la famille...

Le livre intitul����� ""Histoire De L'Autorite Paternelle Et De La Societe Familiale En France Avant 1789, Part 1-3 (1900)"" a �����t����� �����crit par Joachim Du Plessis de Grenedan. Il s'agit d'une �����uvre qui explore l'histoire de l'autorit�����...

This collection centres on the experiences of disabled children and young people and aims to develop theories about their childhoods. The powerful first-hand accounts by disabled children, family members and reflections by disabled adults are aimed to...

Why is it so difficult to maintain a loving, creative relationship with the person we have chosen as a life partner? Or harmonious relationships with our own family or colleagues at work? If love is the 'first principle of the divine teaching'...

Gallons of ink have already been spilled on the nature of relationships. Book store shelves groan with the weight of the couples' tomes that are published each year. Yet the majority of relationships fail. Half of all marriages end in divorce. What are...

A lovely bookstore owner asked me why she should read this book?I explained that in writing this book, I undertook a purposeful investigation leading where angels (and all good Baptists) fear to tread. It was during this attempt at explanation the...

In Sex, Secrets, and Lies, author Marie Miranti Burnett, PhD, encourages husbands and wives to rethink their vows and consider whether sexual exclusivity should remain the rigid foundation of a good marriage, an ideal that too often leads to secrets and...

This book helps us to recognise the various experiences involved in sibling relationships as a result of the fundamental drive for survival and validation, enabling us to reach a deeper understanding of our siblings and ourselves.

An international textbook designed as a quick introduction for students from around the world studying sociology of family, this text provides comprehensive coverage of the major topics in the sociology of family life. Written in an easy access...

Family Transformation Through Divorce and Remarriage is the first book to look thoroughly at the complete divorce-remarriage-stepfamily cycle in the context of demographic data, the legal process and the theoretical framework. For each phase of the...

This essential text explores the concept of "Me-Marriage"-a marital relationship that blends individualized life goals and interests-and draws from research on the current benefits and costs of marriage to consider how to achieve success, both...

This book examines the religious lives of young adults growing up in inter-religious families in India. It explores complex questions of identity, social background, and religion in twenty-first-century India. The volumestudies the religious commitments...

Acknowledgements - On Being Japanese - The View From 1876 - 'The Excessiveness of Change' (Ito Hirohumi 1879) - 'We Stand for Divine Rulership' (Amur Society Anniversary Statement 1930): Japan and Education in the 1930-45 Period - 'The Abolition of...

List of Tables - List of Figures - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Conceptualising the Youth Labour Market - The Impact of the Recession - Determinants of the General Demand for Labour at the Level of the Firm - Structuring the Supply of Workers -...

Do your signals get lost in translation?Would you like communication superpowers?The human race relies on communicating to survive, yet we are horrible communicators. Every day we experience assumptions, conflict, triggers, and disconnect, but we never...