Families in Global and Multicultural Perspective by Bron B Ingoldsby

Families in Global and Multicultural Perspective by Bron B Ingoldsby

Provides information about families around the world, incorporating various trends in family life. This book discusses such topics as social inequality as manifested in gender stratification, oppression of certain ethnic and cultural groups, and poverty.

The editors, both qualified scholars with a comparative perspective, have been successful in finding well-known authors for the various chaptersBoth theoretical and methodological issues are dealt with in a nuanced and qualified manner. Comparative perspectives are on an historical as well as a global manner. The book is to be highly recommended to students, faculty and libraries.

-- Jan Trost

"I like the organization of the chapters…The strength of this book is its comparative approach under several theoretic frameworks…I believe this book definitely has a market of its own. This book appears to be the most comprehensive study of global families."

-- Heying Jenny Zhan
"This comprehensive text increases students′ recognition of and respect for cultural diversity as it influences family life; meets educators′ need for a comparative family text; and contributes to the development of new ways of thinking about families that highlights culture and context." -- Family Therapy * Libra Publishers *

Bron Ingoldsby is Associate Professor in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. in Child and Family Development from the University of Georgia. A leader in the area of cross-cultural family research, he is the author of numerous professional publications, including (with Raeann Hamon) Mate Selection Across Cultures. His current work focuses on family change among the Hutterian Brethren, and marriage in Latin America. He is a popular instructor of Cross Cultural Family classes at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. He was honored as the 2002 recipient of the Jan Trost Award for Outstanding Contributions to Comparative Family Studies by the National Council on Family Relations. He has served twice on the NCFR board as the chair of the International and Religion & Family Life sections. Suzanna Smith is Associate Professor in the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences at the University of Florida. She has a Ph.D. in Child and Family Development and a Master′s Degree in Social Work; and is a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE). In addition to teaching, Dr. Smith develops Extension programs for families through the Florida Cooperative Extension Service. Her research has focused on difficult economic transitions and the impacts on women and their families, particularly in rural and natural resource dependent communities. She also has experience in human services, offering resources and support to children, women, families, and the elderly in need. Her international work has included research and training programs in Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Haiti, and Korea, as well as coursework for international students and faculty.

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ISBN 13	9780761928195
ISBN 10	0761928197
Title	Families in Global and Multicultural Perspective
Author	Bron B Ingoldsby
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	SAGE Publications Inc
Year published	2005-10-20
Number of pages	472
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