基本説明
Examines the various challenges and opportunities presented to families by the globalization of politics, economics, culture and other social systems.
Full Description
The globalization of politics, economics, culture, and other social systems are creating challenges and opportunities for families throughout the world. Yet, sociologists and other scholars who study families are often unfamiliar with the theories and research on globalization.Global Families provides family scholars with a methodical introduction to the interdisciplinary field of globalization. It then examines the ways in which globalization impinges on families throughout the world in four major areas: demographic transitions, world-wide culture, international violence, and transnational employment. It concludes with a discussion of supra-national policies and other efforts to position families in this global landscape.
Contents
Chapter 1: IntroductionA More Global MilieuFamily: From Comparative to Global PerspectivesGlobalization as an Analytical FrameworkFamily Theories around GlobalizationGlobal Families: Plan of the BookSummaryEssay: Globalization and Family Down UnderChapter 2: Global Change and Demographic Shifts: Family Characteristics and Societal TransformationDemographic Transition and Family DynamicsMorbidity and MortalityDeclining FertilitySweeping MigrationSummaryEssay: Immigrant Women, New Neighbors, Global FamiliesChapter 3: Families and Worldwide Culture Systems: Media, Technology, and ConsumptionGlobal Media in an Era of Information RevolutionGlobal Consumption and FamiliesCultural Globalization and FamiliesSummaryEssay: Contested Norms and Values in Transnational FamiliesChapter 4: International Violence: Family Legacies of Oppression and WarInternational Systems of OppressionWar and Social DisorderFamily Resiliency in the Face of International ViolenceSummaryEssay: Sex Trafficking: A ?Family Business?Chapter 5: Transnational Employment: Work?Family Linkages Across BordersTransnational EmploymentImplications of Transnational Employment for Family DynamicsCare WorkSummaryEssay: A Migrant Mother?s Story: Paula RodriguezChapter 6: Positioning Families in Global Landscapes: Families, Policies, and FuturesBeyond the Second Decade of the Year of the FamilyAgain, Gendered Family RealitiesSocial Policy, Development, and Family Well-BeingFamily Rights as Human RightsConclusions: A Post-Family Global Society?SummaryEssay: The Global Human Rights of Families
