As increased access to employment and educational opportunities brought dramatic changes to women's lives, sociologists began to look at the effect of women's changing roles on their children and families. Based on empirical investigations and personal experience, the studies included here set out to establish patterns and regularities in social behaviour, and to understand the social roles of kinship groups, mothers, wives, children and the elderly. This set contains classic works by Parsons and Myrdal.
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Containing classic works by Parsons and Myrdal, this set explores the social roles of kinship groups, mothers, wives, children and the elderly, and the effect of women's changing roles on their children and families.
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I A Chinese Village, II City Life in Japan, III Earthbound China, IV Hong Kong: A Society in Transition, V A Japanese Village, VI Revolution in a Chinese Village

Product details

ISBN
9780415441889
Published
1998-01-29
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Routledge
Weight
530 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Kombinasjonsprodukt
Number of pages
5170

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Biographical note

Josephine Klein, Alva Myrdal, Viola Klein