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Routledge Studies in Family Sociology

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This series presents the latest research on the sociology of the family, with particular attention to family dynamics, changing family forms and the impact of events in the life-course and societal transformation on family practices.

4 Series Titles


Family Violence and Social Change in the Pacific Islands

Family Violence and Social Change in the Pacific Islands

1st Edition

Edited By Lois Bastide, Denis Regnier
May 27, 2024

The Pacific Islands have some of the highest rates of family violence in the world. Addressing the contemporary mutations of Pacific Island families and the shifting understandings of violence in the context of rapid social change, this book investigates the conflict dynamics generated by these ...

Father Involvement and Gender Equality in the United States Contemporary Norms and Barriers

Father Involvement and Gender Equality in the United States: Contemporary Norms and Barriers

1st Edition

By Richard Petts
May 27, 2024

This book focuses on issues of family, work, and gender, with a focus on gender inequality. Women are disadvantaged in both paid and domestic work, due in large part to being primarily responsible for duties within the domestic sphere. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these inequalities, ...

The Changing Faces of Families Diverse Family Forms in Various Policy Contexts

The Changing Faces of Families: Diverse Family Forms in Various Policy Contexts

1st Edition

Edited By Marina A. Adler, Karl Lenz
May 04, 2023

With a focus on nine different national contexts, this book explores contemporary family diversity. With attention to the different welfare states and cultures of care in each setting, it problematizes the pre-eminence of research and policy centered on heteronormative families, showing the extent ...

Mediated Kinship Gender, Race and Sexuality in Donor Families

Mediated Kinship: Gender, Race and Sexuality in Donor Families

1st Edition

By Rikke Andreassen
January 14, 2020

Illustrating the fascinating intersections of online media and new kinship, this book presents a study of the increasing numbers of single women and lesbian couples reproducing by using donor sperm. It explores how they connect with each other online, develop intimate digital communities and, most ...

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